Candle

Candle

A candle is a solid block of wax with an embedded wick, which is lit to provide light, and sometimes heat, and historically as a method of keeping time.

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Famous quotes containing the word candle:

    “Make a candle to get light; read a book to get enlightened.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “How far that little candle throws his beams!
    So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Lost at night in an immense forest, I only have a small light to guide me. A man appears who tells me: “My friend, blow out your candle in order to find your way.” This man is a theologian.
    The sea, fluid garden filled with animals and plants.”
    —Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)