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:

    “For a long time, I went to bed early. Sometimes, my candle barely put out, my eyes closed so quickly that I did not have the time to say to myself: “I am falling asleep”.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

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

    “A candle in the thighs
    Warms youth and seed and burns the seeds of age;”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)