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:

    “Snow, snow over the whole land
    across all boundaries.
    The candle burned on the table,
    the candle burned.”
    —Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)

    “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)

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