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Letter "L" » lamps
«The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime»
«These lovely lamps, these windows of the soul»
Author: Guillaume de Salluste
| Keywords:
lamps
«The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.»
«The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.»
«Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.»
«The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Reputation
| Keywords:
blaze, blazed, blazes, blown, considered, lamps, names, perpetual, shine, socket, unconsumed
«You Yourself created the earth, and the two lamps of the sun and the moon. You created the fourteen world-shops, in which Your Business is transacted.»
«There will also be some people who concentrate their attention on the rituals of worship and the offerings being made, such as the breaking of coconuts, the waving of lamps and incense, and the devotion expressed through these rituals. The number of people with this kind of vision and interest will be much smaller than those who concentrate on the decorations, the dances and dramas and all the external paraphernalia associated with the festival.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
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associated, break dancing, coconut, coconuts, decoration, decorations, dramas, lamps, paraphernalia, ritual dance
«We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.»
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