This sentence means that fire can be useful and helpful when controlled and used properly, but it can be destructive and dangerous if it gets out of control or is mismanaged. It serves as a cautionary reminder to use fire responsibly.
Fire can provide warmth, cook food, and generate power when controlled. However, when uncontrolled, fire can cause destruction and harm, leading to loss of life and property. It is crucial to use fire responsibly and safely to prevent accidents and disasters.
It was ironic that the firefighter's house burned down during Fire Prevention Week.
Both stories involve theft of fire: in the Aztec myth, the beaver steals fire to bring warmth and light to humans, while in the Greek myth, Prometheus steals fire from Zeus to give to humans, which angers the gods. Both stories show how fire is a valuable gift for humanity, but the motivations and consequences differ in each myth.
After a long day at work, I enjoy sitting in my backyard, listening to the birds chirping, and feeling the peaceful atmosphere wash over me.
You can use critical thinking to carefully evaluate different perspectives on an issue before making a decision.
"Fire [is] Servant, not Master"
Fire can provide warmth, cook food, and generate power when controlled. However, when uncontrolled, fire can cause destruction and harm, leading to loss of life and property. It is crucial to use fire responsibly and safely to prevent accidents and disasters.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master is a phrase that best describes fire. When it is controlled it will serve the purpose very well but when it is out of control it can cause serious destruction.
If this phrase, "Fire is a good servant but a bad master", is meant metaphorically and not literally, then consider substituting "drugs" for fire, and write an essay on the many wonderful uses of drugs in the cure and prevention of diseases (penicillin, antibiotics, vaccines) and the horrible devastation that results when drugs become the master (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines).
George Washington
Your question is an altered version of something that has been said about fire, that it is a good servant but a bad master. Science is certainly a good servant, and a good teacher as well. We have learned a lot from science.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Back in 200,000 BC is the time period humans master fire. Master fire is still going on today.
formidable: difficult to overcome
Yes he did
homo erectus were the first to use fire
The motto of Master Lock is 'Tough Under Fire'.