A Quote by Jane Haddam

If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for? — © Jane Haddam
If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?

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When you're young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you're fine.
It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.
I'm old, and so busy with work, that I like to just stay home and get my sleep now. I try not to burn both ends of the candle.
My candle burns at both ends
I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
I burned my candle at both ends, And now have neither foes nor friends.
I am afraid for my health. I'm definitely burning the candle a little, at both ends, and I have to be careful about that.
The best part about burning your candle at both ends is that everything is much brighter in the middle.
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!
In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.
Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don't light a candle in a room that's already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that's so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are.
My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it.
Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light and Heat. But yet, put out the Candle, and they are both gone.
Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'
Just do your best to keep yourself in balance. One of the first things that causes Energy misalignment, is asking or demanding too much of yourself in terms of time and effort. In other words, you just cannot burn the candle at both ends, so that you are physically tired, and then expect yourself to have a cheerful attitude. So, the rule of thumb has to be: "I'm going to be very, very, very happy, and then do everything I have time to do after that.
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