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==Message==
<b>From</b> Our Daily Candles

Warm greetings from Our Daily Candles. We hope you enjoy today's personalized selection of candles.

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Today's premium selection is <Premium>

<Regular>

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<Special>

''<Quote>''<br/>- <Attribution>

==Templates==
===Equipment===
* Please enjoy this irregular castoff from our Hanukkah division.
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* This one is useful for fending off both darkness and things that might attack you in it.
{{acquire|item=extra-large utility candle}}
* Make a bold fashion statement with this collection of miscellaneous wax from our factory floor.
{{acquire|item=extra-wide head candle}}
* This candle will surprise and delight and potentially burn your guests. Our Daily Candles is only liable for the first two.
{{acquire|item=novelty sparkling candle}}
* This candle is perfect for livening up a seance or vampire LARP.
{{acquire|item=runed taper candle}}

===Premium===
* Napalm In The Morning. The perfect companion for a day in which you eschew surfing for violence.
{{acquire|item=Napalm In The Morning™ candle}}
* Salsa Caliente, redolent of tomato and onion. If you have the gene that makes cilantro smell like soap, it also smells like soap, which is totally fine.
{{acquire|item=Salsa Caliente™ candle}}
* Scent of a Human. Made from the essential oil of our employees, it will fill the air with a musk that is earthy and relatable.
{{acquire|item=Scent of a Human™ candle}}
* Smoldering Clover. Are you feeling lucky? You certainly will be once you light this!
{{acquire|item=Smoldering Clover™ candle}}
* the Beast Within. It will bring out the animal in you and also the woods behind your house.
{{acquire|item=The Beast Within™ candle}}

===Regular===
* Please enjoy this product of the owner's brother-in-law's failing banana plantation.
{{acquire|item=banana candle}}
* Embrace wellness in a modern idiom, which is to say one that is based on fraud.
{{acquire|item=ear candle}}
* We're proud to announce a new collaboration with the Incense of the Afternoon Club. Enjoy this sample!
{{acquire|item=natural magick candle}}
* If you've got kids, they'll love this. Everyone else will be very annoyed by it.
{{acquire|item=rainbow glitter candle}}
* We believe you have the potential in you to fully appreciate this candle.
{{acquire|item=votive of confidence}}

===Special===
* We heard about the fires in your neck of the woods, so we've thrown in a bonus candle that might come in handy.
{{acquire|item=water candle}}

===Quote===
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* ''A beautiful candle is a joy forever.''
* ''A candle in the hand is safer than two in a bush.''
* ''A candle in time saves nine. Candles.''
* ''A candle is only as strong as its wick.''
* ''A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single candle.''
* ''A new candle burns clean.''
* ''An eye for an eye, a candle for a candle.''
* ''Another day, another candle.''
* ''Build a better candle and the world will beat a path to your door.''
* ''Candles are the soul of wit.''
* ''Candles don't grow on trees.''
* ''Don't cast your candles before swine.''
* ''Don't put your cart before your candle.''
* ''Don't shoot the messenger -- give them a nice candle instead!''
* ''Every candle has two ends.''
* ''Forewarned is forearmed -- so bring a candle!''
* ''Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety percent perspiration, and nine percent candles.''
* ''Great candles burn alike.''
* ''Hell hath no fury like a candle.''
* ''History repeats itself -- especially the parts of history that are about candles.''
* ''Home is where the candle is.''
* ''It ain't over 'til the fat candle burns out.''
* ''Like candle, like son.''
* ''Live and let candle.''
* ''Make love, not candle.''
* ''Man does not live by candle alone.''
* ''Never look a gift candle in the wick.''
* ''Nothing is certain except candles and taxes.''
* ''Procrastination is the thief of candles.''
* ''Put your best candle forward.''
* ''Seek and ye shall find (a candle.)''
* ''Spare the candle, spoil the child.''
* ''The best defense is a good candle.''
* ''The bigger they are, the longer they burn. Candles, I mean.''
* ''The cobbler always burns the worst candles.''
* ''The wages of sin is a candle.''
* ''The way to a man's heart is through a candle.''
* ''There's no candle like an old fool.''
* ''Two wrongs don't make a candle.''
* ''When the going gets tough, the tough light candles.''

===Attribution===
All attributions are female historical figures and celebrities.

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* Amelia Earhart
* Amy Winehouse
* Anne Frank
* Ayn Rand
* Billie Holiday
* Carole King
* Chaka Khan
* Cher
* Diana Ross
* Dolly Parton
* Donna Summer
* Eleanor of Aquitaine
* Emily Dickinson
* Empress Suiko
* Empress Wu Zetian
* Etta James
* Flannery O'Connor
* Frida Kahlo
* Gloria Steinem
* Grace Hopper
* Jane Austen
* Joan Rivers
* Judy Garland
* Margarte Atwood
* Marie Curie
* Marina Abramovic
* Mary Cassatt
* Maya Angelou
* Merneith
* Olga of Kiev
* Patti Smith
* Pearl S. Buck
* Phyllis Diller
* Queen Victoria
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg
* Sally Ride
* Sojourner Truth
* Theodora
* Tina Turner
* Ursula K. Le Guin
* Vivien Leigh

==References==
* The candle-based quotes are based on popular sayings and quotes:
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** <q>A thing of beauty is a joy for ever</q> is a phrase from the poem ''[[wikipedia:Endymion (poem)|Endymion]]'' by [[wikipedia:John Keats|John Keats]].
** <q>[[wiktionary:a stitch in time saves nine|A stitch in time saves nine]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush|A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:a chain is only as strong as its weakest link|A chain is only as strong as its weakest link]]</q> is an idiom attributed to [[wikipedia:Thomas Reid|Thomas Reid]].
** <q>[[wiktionary:a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step|a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:a new broom sweeps clean|A new broom sweeps clean]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth|An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:another day, another dollar|Another day, another dollar]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:build a better mousetrap|Build a better mousetrap]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:brevity is the soul of wit|Brevity is the soul of wit]]</q> was first said by Polonius in [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Hamlet|Hamlet]]''.
** <q>[[wiktionary:money doesn't grow on trees|Money doesn't grow on trees]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:pearls before swine|Don't cast pearls before swine]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:put the cart before the horse|Don't put the cart before the horse]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:Shooting the messenger|Shooting the messenger]]</q> is a metaphoric phrase about (often incorrectly) blaming someone who brings bad news.
** <q>[[wiktionary:every stick has two ends|Every stick has two ends]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:forewarned is forearmed|Forewarned is forearmed]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration|Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration]]</q> is a saying by [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison|Thomas Edison]].
** <q>[[wiktionary:great minds think alike|Great minds think alike]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:hell hath no fury like a woman scorned|Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned]]</q> has originated from the British play ''[[wikipedia:The Mourning Bride|The Mourning Bride]]'' by [[wikipedia:William Congreve|William Congreve]].
** <q>History repeats itself</q> is a popular observation about [[wikipedia:historical recurrence|historical recurrence]].
** <q>[[wiktionary:home is where the heart is|Home is where the heart is]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:It ain't over till the fat lady sings|It ain't over till the fat lady sings]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:live and let live|Live and let live]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:like father, like son|Like father, like son]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:make love, not war|Make love, not war]].</q>
** <q>Man does not live by bread alone</q> is a phrase from ''Matthew 4:4'' of the bible.
** <q>[[wiktionary:never look a gift horse in the mouth|Never look a gift horse in the mouth]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:Death and taxes (idiom)|Nothing is certain, except death and taxes]].</q> is a corruption of a quote by Benjamin Franklin.
** <q>[[wiktionary:procrastination is the thief of time|Procrastination is the thief of time]]</q>.
** <q>[[wiktionary:put one's best foot forward|Put your best foot forward]]</q>.
** <q>[[wiktionary:seek and ye shall find|Seek and ye shall find]]</q> is a biblical phrase from ''Matthew 7:7'' of the bible.
** <q>[[wiktionary:spare the rod and spoil the child|Spare the rod and spoil the child]]</q> is an English proverb, often believed to be from ''Proverbs 13:24'' of the bible.
** <q>[[wiktionary:the best defense is a good offense|The best defense is a good offense]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:the bigger they are, the harder they fall|The bigger they are, the harder they fall]].</q>
** <q>[[wiktionary:the cobbler always wears the worst shoes|The cobbler always wears the worst shoes]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:The Wages of Sin|The Wages of Sin]]</q> is a biblical phrase from ''Romans 6:23''.
** <q>[[wiktionary:the way to a man's heart is through his stomach|The way to a man's heart is through his stomach]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:there's no fool like an old fool|There's no fool like an old fool]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:Two wrongs don't make a right|Two wrongs don't make a right]].</q>
** <q>[[wikipedia:When the going gets tough, the tough get going|When the going gets tough, the tough get going]]</q> is an American saying.

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