"Cut not fire with a sword."
— Pythagoras
January 1, 1970
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Variant translation: Poke not the fire with a sword. — As quoted in Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes (1882) by Samuel Arthur Bent, p. 455
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Variant translation: Poke not the fire with a sword. — As quoted in Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes (1882) by Samuel Arthur Bent, p. 455