Life lessons Quote by Roger de Rabutin comte de Bussy

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”

— Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

“Absence is to love what the wind is to fire. A brief absence stirs it like a gentle breeze, making the flames leap higher.…

— Shahid Hussain Raja

“The impetuous wind can ignite the fire or put it out.”

— Regina O'Melveny

Absence Is To Love, What The Wind Is To Fire, When It's a Small Fire The Wind Kills It But When It's a Real…

— Diane von Furstenberg

“fire is nothing without the air it breathes.”

— Pippa DaCosta

“Distance is to love as wind is to fire. Blows out the little ones and fans the big ones.”

— J.A. Jance

“A mighty flame follows a tiny spark.”

— Dante

“I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.”

— A.B. Shepherd

“There are many ways in which life's little candle can be snuffed out. A cold wind pursues us all.”

— Yann Martel

“Tell the Wind and the Fire where to stop; not me.”

— Charles Dickens

“A strong breeze is natures way of blowing away our sorrows.”

— Beth Hoffman

“Absense diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.”

— Francois De La Rochefoucault