"Flame Trees" is a song by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel from their 1984 album Twentieth Century. It is one of their best known songs, and was written by drummer Steve Prestwich and organist Don Walker. It reached number 26 on the Australian charts, originally but also resurfaced in August 2011 due to download sales (peaking at #54 on the ARIA chart)
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“The great war that broke so suddenly upon the world two years ago, and which has swept up within its flame so great a part of the civilized world, has affected us very profoundly.... With its causes and its objects we are not concerned. The obscure fountains from which its stupendous flood has burst we are not interested to search for or explore.”
—Woodrow Wilson (18561924)
“As great trees attract the winds, so great fame attracts envy.”
—Chinese proverb.