“There's no smoke without fire.”
Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) Marshal of the Soviet Union
Quoted in "Stalin's Generals" - Page 359 - by Harold Shukman - History - 2002
Old Town Folks (1869) Ch. 2.
“There's no smoke without fire.”
Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) Marshal of the Soviet Union
Quoted in "Stalin's Generals" - Page 359 - by Harold Shukman - History - 2002
“The fires of history burn hot and long, but memories of fires do not burn long enough.”
Jack Cady (1932–2004) American writer
Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 148
“There is no smoke without fire, and there is no ethically repugnant principle without logic.”
Theodore Dalrymple (1949) English doctor and writer
How to murder a Bolivian boy http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/19/jun01/daniels.htm (June 2001). <br class="br">New Criterion (2000 - 2005)
“Fame for me is not external, it’s internal. So I’ve been famous for a long time.”
Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
Source: Rules of Civility And Other Writings & Speeches
William Whewell (1794–1866) English philosopher & historian of science
The Elements of Morality, Book 1, ch. 1. (1845).
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Quote in his Letter (no. 155), June 1880; published in the online version of http://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let155/letter.html "Vincent van Gogh – The Letters; The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition"]. Retrieved 29 July 2014 <br class="br">Variants: One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way. // There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. <br class="br">1880s, 1880