A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

1903 G. B. SHAW Maxims for Revolutionists in Man & Superman 230 He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. 1979 Daily Telegraph 6 Aug. 8 A version of an old adage came to me—those who can, do, those who can’t, attend conferences. 1981 P. SOMERVILLE-LARGE Living Dog i. He who can, does sang the train wheels, he who cannot, teaches. 1999 ‘H. CRANE’ Miss Seeton’s Finest Hour iii. 19 ‘A teacher of art,’ she corrected him politely with a sigh. ‘Those who can,’ she explained as he seemed about to protest her modesty, ‘do—as Mr. Shaw has so pithily expressed it. Those who cannot..’ She sighed. ‘Teach,’ she concluded sadly. 2002 Washington Times 11 July D8 (Herb & Jamaal comic strip) ‘Rev. Croom, as a man of the cloth, do you consider yourself an example of perfection?’ ‘No. .. I may wear this collar, but I struggle with being a human as much as the next guy. I guess that’s what’s meant when they say..’ He who can, does; he who cannot, preaches. ’ ■ efficiency and inefficiency; work

candle see BETTER to light one candle.. ; CANDLEMAS day, put beans in the clay, put candles and candle-sticks away.
candlelight see never CHOOSE your women or your linen by candlelight.
If CANDLEMAS day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; if Candlemas day be cloudy with rain, winter is gone, and won’t come again
In the Church calendar, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple falls on 2 February, which is known as Candlemas Day because candles are blessed at church services on that festival. In North America, 2 February is popularly known as Groundhog Day; the very similar weather prediction associated with it arises through the notion that if the groundhog emerges from its burrow on that day into bright sunlight and is frightened by its own shadow it will go back for a further six weeks’ hibernation. The superstition was known from at least as early as the early sixteenth century: cf. 1523 SKELTON Works I. 418 Men were wonte for to discerne By candlemas day what wedder shulde holde. Quot. 1584’s version of the rhyme is close to the Latin lines in quot. 1678.

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  1584 R. SCOT Discovery of Witchcraft XI. XV. If Maries purifieng daie, Be cleare and bright with sunnie raie, The frost and cold shalbe much more, After the feast than was before. 1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 51 If Candlemas day be fair and bright
  

Winter will have another flight: If on Candlemas day it be showre and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again. This is a translation.. of that old Latin Distich; Si Sol splendescat Maria purificante, Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante. 1980 Times 2 Feb. 11 Today is Candlemas Day. So let us see if the old legend holds good again as it did last year. ‘If Candlemas day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; if Candlemas day be cloudy with rain; winter is gone and won’t come again.’ ^weather lore