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:

    “And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.”
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “My candle burns at both ends;
    It will not last the night;
    But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
    It gives a lovely light.”
    —Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)

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