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Burn Out Quotes

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

Walter Savage Landor (1933). “Classical conversations: being imaginary conversations among Greek, Roman and Modern personages of classic consequence in the history of human culture”

All fires burn out at last.

Sigrid Undset (1927). “The cross”

Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.

Nikki Giovanni (1988). “Sacred cows-- and other edibles”, William Morrow & Co

I tried to avoid looking at the dress full on, lest it burn out my retinas with its glittering hideousness.

Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.61, Penguin