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344 Lamps quotes by 272 unique authors

As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance. — Huineng
In the center of all rests the sun. For who would place this lamp of a very beautiful temple in another or better place that… — Nicolaus Copernicus
The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading,… — Hannah More
When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead — When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed.... — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons. — Henry Timrod
Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately… — Pliny the Elder
One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity… — Nathaniel Parker Willis
Our hearts are lamps for ever burning... — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a… — Phyllis McGinley
I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village… — Pranab Mukherjee
I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have… — Sathya Sai Baba
To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room. A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt… — Edward S. Walker, Jr.
Try to make others happy, and don't despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one… — Mata Amritanandamayi
In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion. — Mata Amritanandamayi
It{California} is the land where the fabled Aladdin's Lamp lies buried-and she {San Francisco} is the new Aladdin who shall seize it from its obscurity… — Mark Twain
Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I… — Hu Shih
When Lord Kelvin was in this country [U.S.], he said that nothing interested him so much as Mr. Hewitt's work and his vacuum lamp. — Ray Stannard Baker
Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring forth in orderly… — Roy Chapman Andrews
The walls have ears, ears that hear each little sound you make every time you stamp, throw a lamp. — Elvis Presley
I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it.… — Amanda Hocking
Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light. — Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
Good friends, how then are meditation and wisdom alike? They are like the lamp and the light it gives forth. If there is a lamp… — Huineng
[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a life-thought… — William Matthews
Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as if you have just come back from somewhere expensive. — Aristotle Onassis

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