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                            A Liar’s Candle Will Burn Until Bedtime

  The meaning of this proverb;  A lie will always come to light.  Like most proverbs, this proverb has an origin story.  Let's examine this story. 

 Students staying together at Fatih Madrasa in Istanbul cooked beans, chickpeas and, bulgur together.  And every week one person was on the night watch.  They used to give the money for the candles they lit to study at night to the student on duty.  But one student was cunning.  At night, he collects pieces of wax under the candlesticks, melts them and, was making candles.  He was going to take the money himself, but the candle he made went out early.  Noticing this situation, his friends went to him one night and asked for an account. 

 -We gave you money, why didn't you buy a candle?  

-I bought it, what should I do, the candles have shrunk, they burn this much.  

And one of them said

-Of course, it burns a little because “A liar’s candle will burn until bedtime. 

    So the proverb began to be used…