Lamp

Famous quotes containing the word lamp:

“The lamp of war is kindled here, not to be extinguished but by torrents of blood.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Life is the lust of a lamp for the light that is dark till the dawn
of the day when we die.”
—A.C. (Algernon Charles)

“... people were so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fools’ caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while everybody else’s were transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone were rosy.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)