English Explanatory Dictionary

the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. The more intensely someone or something works or acts, the more quickly that person will burn out or that thing will end.

Word forms

the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

Synonyms

the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long

Related words

burn the candle at both ends
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