But just because it's difficult, we can not give up the will to extinguish its lethal flame.

He defended his crews, saying it takes a long time to put out a high-rise fire in any country.

"I am forever punished by the gods for being given the fire and trying to put it out, " the actor wrote in 1973, around the time of their first separation.

And despite policy makers' effort to stamp out the fire tied to indebted European governments, concerns about Italy's ability to generate growth and manage its debt load are now center stage.

In such cases, there is no love which holds fast; the sewer extinguishes it.