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Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water. — Fernand Leger

Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water. — Heraclitus

Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
[Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.] — George Herbert

Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire! The universe turns differently when fire loves water. — Shams-i Tabrizi

The only things that scared Brandt were water and fire extinguishers. — Abigail Roux

As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ. — Lucan

Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron. — Arthur Golden

The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

All in the eye of the beholder - Some of the most destructive forces in the world (Fire & Water), can also have the power of beauty. — Martin R. Lemieux

Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I wouldn't take him back if he were the last man on earth. I'm 'if he caught fire, and I had a glass of water, I'd drink it slowly and watch' done. — R.K. Lilley

We are creatures of fire and water. We wither under a surfeit of light as readily as we wither beneath drowned hopes. — Yoon Ha Lee

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes. — Roger L'Estrange

One could say lightning is the marriage of fire and air." "One could say mud is the marriage of water and earth," he said dismissively. — Sherry Thomas

A nature of fire is to burn, nature of water is to cool, and nature of Nature itself is to preserve. — Santosh Kalwar

The islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

The most diplomatic statement you can use for the person you hate:
If I would have water, and you would be on fire, ...
I would drink IT. — Tuba Javed

From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story. — Alberto Manguel

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry

Mr. Campion felt that among the ordeals by fire and by water there should now be numbered the ordeal by dinner at Socrates Close. — Margery Allingham

God Almighty Himself must have been hilarious when human beings so mingled iron and water and fire as to make a railroad train! — Kurt Vonnegut

It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters. — Aesop

There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic. — Louis Diat

All things are formed of patterns, from a single blade of grass to the most majestic of mountains: air and water, fire and earth; Life itself. — Melissa McPhail

I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look I see fire; that which isn't flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames. — Annie Dillard

If water won't smother the blaze
Father, take my tears and bestow them on the fire
see if the fires will wither. — Zakariya Amataya

As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return! — Rudyard Kipling

Too many times we're looking for ways to get around deep waters and dangerous fires, rather than through them. Has this ever been your experience? — James MacDonald

I like fire and water. You are lucky to have both right here."
From " Desperate Pursuit in Venice" Chapter Two. Kataryna's response to Luca. — Karynne Summars

Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire. — Mahatma Gandhi

Let the sky lead me, the land ground me, the fire cleanse me, and the water feed me. — Emily R. King

Even a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise. — Terry Pratchett

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. — Pamela Hansford Johnson

Life and death are natural dualities. Like water and fire, wind and earth. We do not control them, we never will. — Oumar Dieng

Fire and water may as well agree in the same vessel, as grace and sin in the same heart. — Thomas Brooks

Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water. — Buffalo Bill

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire! — Michel De Montaigne

Colour is a human need like water and fire. It is a raw material indispensable to life — Fernand Leger

A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted. — Charles Dickens

One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them. — Mahavira

Sir 3:33 Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins: — Various

Passed through fire and plunged through salt water and offered to the winds of the air; thus were names sealed to these chosen children. — Robin Hobb

Words are good servants but bad masters. — Aldous Huxley

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. — George R R Martin

The Fire Team's tanks were filled with a jellied gasoline/holy water mix: scourging and sacramental. — Nick Cutter

I save on food, on water, on fire and on adjetives. — Jose Eduardo Agualusa

Value is relative," said the saint. "A man with his house on fire and a man dying of thirst each place a different value on a glass of water. — Jonathan Maberry

Earth, water, fire, and wind. Where there is energy there is life. — Suzy Kassem

Your powers don't work in the rain do they? A little bit of water and your fire fizzles out? So Little Miss Perfect does have a weakness after all! — Heather James

The Art of Peace is based on four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water. — Morihei Ueshiba

I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten. — J.R.R. Tolkien

The Prophets accept all agony and trust it
For the water has never feared the fire. — Rumi

The sun, heavy and red, was almost down on the horizon now. Its image floated like spilled fire on the water. The — Ross Macdonald

The kiss surrounded her like air, held her up like water, supported her like the earth and burned her like fire. — Tiffany Reisz

Fire and water," he said, "don't really mix. You could say they're incompatible. But when they do love each other, they love passionately. — Cornelia Funke

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart. — William Shakespeare

The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires. — Elisabeth Elliot

Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats. — Anne Bradstreet

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power. — James Stockdale

My mother painted with water," he says. "And my father played with fire. — Ally Condie

I saw you dancing out the ocean
Running fast along the sand
A spirit born of earth and water
Fire flying from your hands — Elton John

My plan is to open five restaurants based on the five elements in Chinese philosophy: wood, water, fire, earth and metal. — Arthur Potts Dawson

Until you are master over the earth and air and water and fire in yourself, how can you be master of the elements of Nature? — Eloise Lownsbery

Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you're going to die. They're all super important. — Bear Grylls