Quotes of Flint - somelinesforyou

“ It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ It takes two flints to make a fire. ”

- Louisa May Alcott

“ Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears. ”

- Lope de Vega

“ Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed. ”

- John Cleveland

“ Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately. ”

- Edward Everett Hale
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