Quotations about:
burning out
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GAUNT: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 2, sc. 1, l. 37ff (2.1.37-44) (1595)
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Added on 13-Oct-25 | Last updated 13-Oct-25
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Topics: blowing over, brevity, burning out, fierceness, fuel, self-consumption, transience
More quotes by Shakespeare, William My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night:
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends —
It gives a lovely light!
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
“Figs from Thistles: First Fig” in
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse (1918-06)
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Collected in
A Few Figs From Thistles (1921).
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 6-Jun-24
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Topics: brevity, burning out, candle, exhaustion, intensity, light, speed
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