stoke, stoic

Stoke or stoke means to tend a fire by adding fuel or stirring up coals, literally or figuratively --
He used a poker to stoke the fire.
Don't forget to stoke the fire before you go to bed, or you'll be cold in the morning.
He reads a poem every day to stoke the fires of his imagination.

Stoic or stoic means without passion or emotion, even when enduring pain or grief --
She never made a sound when they set her leg; she's a real stoic.
He's a stoic; he never says a word about what's bothering him.

Stoic ( always capitalized ) describes someone or something connected to a particular school of philosophy, founded by Zeno in Ancient Greece --
He's a fatalist, like a Stoic of Ancient Athens.
A real Stoic is supposed to accept fate or destiny without complaint.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The stoic burned himself trying to stoke the fire, but he never said a word."