“When left to its own devices it tends to make me look as if I’ve been set afire.”
Source: The Name of the Wind
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“One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny flame could set afire a whole world.”
Source: The Tale of the Body Thief

“2018. He set my House afire, only to roast his Eggs.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Pray don't burn my House to roast your Eggs.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

SGU, Podcast #207, July 1st, 2009 http://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu/207
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Podcast, 2000s

Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Arren)

Source: As quoted in "The best quotes from Ralph Klein’s colourful public life" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-best-quotes-from-ralph-kleins-colourful-public-life/article10577310/, The Globe and Mail