Fire
On 29 May 2002, a fire destroyed the warehouse of Belles Lettres broadcast distribution to Gasny (Eure). More than three million books burned. A reprint of the works program was immediately launched. Almost all books have been reprinted, enjoying the passage of bibliographic corrections or additions.
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Famous quotes containing the word fire:
“The duce of any other rule have I to govern myself by in this affair—and if I had one ... I would twist it and tear it to pieces, and throw it into the fire when I had done—Am I warm? I am, and the cause demands it—a pretty story! is a man to follow rules—or rules to follow him?”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“Men, you are all marksmen—don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
—Israel Putnam (1718–1790)
“Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.””
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 30:15.