“906. Silkes and satins put out the fire in the chimney.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles. The canker in the heart of the rose.”
— Anne Rice, book The Vampire Lestat
Source: The Vampire Lestat
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