2904. Algernon Sidney. 1622-1683. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	2904
AUTHOR:	Algernon Sidney (1622–1683)
QUOTATION:	It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.

Note 1.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.—John Fletcher: Letter to Sir Walter Aston.

And hold their farthing candle to the sun.—Edward Young: Satire vii. line 56. [back]

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