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title: "4 Wood Burns Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/wood-burns-because-it-has-the-proper-stuff-for-that-purpose-in-it-and/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [When wood burns it is the smoke alone that rises upward, leaving the grosser elements below. So it is with prayer. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baal-shem-tov/when-wood-burns-it-is-the-smoke-alone-that-rises-upward-leaving-the/)

[Baal Shem Tov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baal-shem-tov/)

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> [Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/wood-burns-faster-when-you-have-to-cut-and-chop-it-yourself/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

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> [Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/wood-burns-because-it-has-the-proper-stuff-in-it-and-a-man-becomes/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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