“The flames kindled on the 4 of July 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them”
Thomas Jefferson
“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
Washington Irving
“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.”
Samuel Johnson
“Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great”
Comte DeBussy-Rabutin
“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.”
William Shakespeare
“Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. (Psalms 2:12)”
Bible
“Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart”