Help would be greatly appreciated:
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
2006-12-29 10:49:56 · 6 answers · asked by I L 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Literally: Would it make sense for firefighters to fight fires with fireblasters, or matches, or MORE fire.
Moral: When you do something as bad as what someone is doing to you, you only place yourself in the same amount of wrong as the other. As they have all said, two wrongs do not make a right. Always make sure that you put yourslef in the positive before you try to react.
2006-12-29 12:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by Master O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK. It is an Abigail Van Buren quote. That means it probably has something to do with relationships gone bad. So, my guess is that it means that people who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. Since Dear Abby is involved, all bets are off on the meaning.
2006-12-29 12:48:31 · answer #2 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
“There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”
“The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them”
“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?”
“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.”
“Knowledge is being aware that fire can burn; wisdom is remembering the blister”
“Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?”
“Taking my gun away because I might shoot someone is like cutting my tongue out because I might yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater”
2006-12-29 14:11:46 · answer #3 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this:
People who fight against their enemies with hate, will end up miserable.
It's kind of like the Bible quote about heaping coals of ashes on your enemy's head by being nice to them.
2006-12-29 10:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's sort of like saying those who get down with the dogs will come up with fleas. IN OTHER WORDS those who fight back at the fighters are just as bad or in as much trouble as the other.
2006-12-29 10:57:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you make that one up yourself?
Or they break the forest fires path and save the rest of land its flame were traveling toward.
2006-12-29 11:02:45 · answer #6 · answered by d4d9er 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋