A strong fire eats whatever you throw on it.

The source

"A strong fire eats whatever you throw on it." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 4.1. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"when the fire is strong, it soon appropriates to itself the matter which is heaped on it, and consumes it, and rises higher by means of this very material"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 4.1.

Who said it

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.

Questions

Who said "A strong fire eats whatever you throw on it."?

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 4.1.

What is the original wording?

when the fire is strong, it soon appropriates to itself the matter which is heaped on it, and consumes it, and rises higher by means of this very material (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.

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