“ Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak. ”
- Johan August Strindberg- Copy
- 2K
“ To burn always with this hard gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. ”
- Walter Pater- Copy
- 858
“ A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. ”
- Boris Yeltsin- Copy
- 73
“ Love... like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. ”
- Kahlil Gibran- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 2K
“ You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees. ”
- Faith Baldwin- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. ”
- Elisabeth Kubler Ross- Copy
- 2.1K
“ You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end. ”
- Karel Capek- Copy
- 3.7K
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