"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm."

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"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm."

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"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause."

Homer, Greek Poet

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"Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

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"I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn't open to anywhere good."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"A cause a day keeps reality away."

Jim Fraser, Australian Politician

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"My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery."

John Cleveland, English Poet

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"To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world."

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

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"But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years."

Thought

"I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary."

Money

"It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer."

Open

"I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country."

Money

"The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance."

Performance

"In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally."

Fire

"Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements."

Fire

"Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat."

Eating

"The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed."

Day

"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business."

Business