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Candle Quotes - Page 2

Logic ignores the almost, just as the sun ignores the candle.

Victor Hugo (1863). “Les misérables”

The music paled like a candle and went out.

Stella Benson (1922). “The Poor Man”

Commonsense is the wick of the candle.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.177, University of Missouri Press

Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.

Matthew Henry, Leslie F. Church (1992). “The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition”, p.7662, Harper Collins

It is a poor sport that is not worth a candle.

George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.267

My candle burns at both ends

A Few Figs from Thistles "First Fig" l. 1 (1920)