Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Candle

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

A candle under a bushel: i.e., unrevealed merit.Latin.

A good candle holder proves a good gamester.

A good candle snuffer may come to a good player.

At the foot of the candle it is dark.Persian.

He that is worst may still hold the candle.

Never light your candle at both ends.

The candle does not give light to itself.Turkish.

The candle that goes before gives the best light.Dutch.

Neither women nor linen by candle light.Italian.

The game is not worth the candle.French.

You may light another candle by your own without loss.Danish.