Burning House

Famous quotes containing the words burning and/or house:

“Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

“The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)