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title: "12 Extinguishes Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Extinguishes quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Extinguishes sayings and thoughts."
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> [Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-more/absence-in-love-is-like-water-upon-fire-a-little-quickens-but-much/)

[Hannah More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-more/)

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> [Distance is to love what wind is to fire, Extinguishes the small, but ignites the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-to-love-what-wind-is-to-fire-extinguishes-the-small-but/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/anonymous-1_fire_distance-is-to-love-what-wind-is-to-fire_3005703.jpg)

> [The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-beaumarchais/the-same-wind-that-extinguishes-a-light-can-set-a-brazier-on-fire/)

[Pierre Beaumarchais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-beaumarchais/)

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> [Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-wheeler-wilcox/love-lights-more-fire-than-hate-extinguishes/)

[Ella Wheeler Wilcox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-wheeler-wilcox/)

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> [Absence in love is like water on fire, a little quickens, but much extinguishes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-moore/absence-in-love-is-like-water-on-fire-a-little-quickens-but-much/)

[Hannah Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/hannah-moore-69141_absence_absence-in-love-is-like-water-on-fire-a_738560.jpg)

> [Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/absence-is-to-love-as-wind-is-to-fire-it-extinguishes-the-little/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/umberto-eco-313_absence_absence-is-to-love-as-wind-is-to-fire-it_449373.jpg)

> [Distance does to love what wind does to fire, extinguishes the weak and fuels the strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-does-to-love-what-wind-does-to-fire-extinguishes-the-weak/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/anonymous-1_distance_distance-does-to-love-what-wind-does-to_2252825.jpg)

> [A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/a-light-breath-fans-the-flame-a-violent-gust-extinguishes-it/)

[Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/)

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> [Distance is to love like wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small and kindles the great!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sahleenzkie/distance-is-to-love-like-wind-is-to-fire-it-extinguishes-the-small/)

[Sahleenzkie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sahleenzkie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/sahleenzkie-40530_distance-love_distance-is-to-love-like-wind-is-to-fire_775281.jpg)

> [“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-de-bussy-rabutin/absence-is-to-love-what-wind-is-to-fire-it-extinguishes-the-small-it-2/)

[Roger de Bussy-Rabutin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-de-bussy-rabutin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/roger-de-bussy-rabutin-102307_absence_absence-is-to-love-what-wind-is-to-fire_2020871.jpg)

> [Distance does to love what wind does to fire... Extinguishes the weak and feeds the strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-does-to-love-what-wind-does-to-fire-extinguishes-the-weak-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/anonymous-1_distance_distance-does-to-love-what-wind-does-to_3049531.jpg)

> [Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-de-bussy-rabutin/absence-is-to-love-as-wind-is-to-fire-it-extinguishes-the-small-and/)

[Roger De Bussy-Rabutin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-de-bussy-rabutin/)

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