And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What is to give light must endure burning.
When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Lighting is an essential way to change the mood of a room, especially if you can use dimmers.
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.
A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.
The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
Things that burn very brightly, we wonder how long they can keep burning.
People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.
It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.