Fire Destroys

Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or destroys:

“The fire in leaf and grass
so green it seems
each summer the last summer.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilisation. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honour, generosity and beauty.... Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys base people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)