Candle Quotes
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To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.
Alberto Santos-Dumont
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"I can see in the dark."
"That may be so, Mulla. But if it is true, why do you sometimes carry a candle at night?"
"To prevent other people from bumping into me."
Nasreddin
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We did make use, from time to time, of candles, neckties, scarves, shoelaces, a little water-color paintbrush, her hairbrush, butter, whipped cream, strawberry jam, Johnson’s Baby Oil, my Swedish hand vibrator, a fascinating bead necklace she had, miscellaneous common household items, and every molecule of flesh that was exposed to air or could be located with strenuous search.
Spider Robinson
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A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.
Mahatma Gandhi
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O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host
Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet.
William Butler Yeats
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Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle
Rumi
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There was this thing written that I had gone into a candle store, and my hair went up in flames because of all the hair spray. First of all, I never have hair spray in my hair, and I've never even heard of this store, and my hair has never been burned.
Nicollette Sheridan
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Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.
William Gurnall
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Logic ignores the almost, just as the sun ignores the candle.
Victor Hugo
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All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
Confucius
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So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free-enterprise system.
Milton Friedman
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My sister had blown out the candle in our breath.That meant our wishes were definitely going to come true
Sara Shepard
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Shams, my body is a candle touched with fire.
Rumi
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Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.
Rene Russo
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I am not yours, nor lost in you, not lost, although I long to be. Lost as a candle lit at noon, lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you still a spirit beautiful and bright, yet I am I, who long to be lost as a light is lost in light.
Sara Teasdale
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Enticing hope is like lighting candle in the dark room.
Aftab Alam
