If you light a man a fire he will be warm for a day; if you light a man on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life. (I think this one's a proverb)

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The waves wash the sandcastles away but the memories last forever. (its from a scrapbooking paper supplier i think)

*Lauryn*

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If you light a man a fire he will be warm for a day, but if you light a man on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life.

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I found this Previous thread on the two quotations, but they didn't seem to have much luck with it.

Some Google search Results

Other Google Searh Results

Generally found attributed to "Anonymous", "Unknwon" and "Hrastar", but also found attributed to many others....

If you light a man a fire, he will be warm for a day; if you light a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life." – anonymous
http://webpages.charter.net/mnkcarp/quotepage.htm
http://lsc.hkcampus.net/~lsc-rshp/introduction.htm

Teach a man to make fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
-- John A. Hrastar
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?QuotePageThree
www.e.kth.se/~e98_aar/fun/
www.csh.rit.edu/segfault/coredump20011/ index.php?page=2

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life"
From A Discworld Novel by Terry Prachett
http://www.hallex.freeserve.co.uk/quote.html

"Give a man a torch and he will be warm for a day, but light a man on
fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life." -Terry Pratchet
http://www.luckymojo.com/esoteric/religion/satanism/mf200107reasonstocallitsatanism.txt

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day, but set a man on
fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life." -Mike Bruce
www.nate-nathan.net/quotes2.html

The quotation may have some parrallel with this quotation:

If you feed a man a fish you feed him for a day. If you teach
a man to fish you feed him for a life time
Check this thread on Details about the quotation

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The waves wash the sandcastles away but the memories last forever. (its from a scrapbooking paper supplier i think)

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I didn't have any luck with this quotation. Someone else may know it however.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?".
Jesus answered, "This much"
as He stretched His arms and died on the cross for me.
-- Unknown, (Author / Orator unknown or unconfirmed) Full story here

[This message was edited on 07-05-03 at 07:24 AM.]