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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.
 The charm dissolves apace;
 And as the morning steals upon the night,
  Melting the darkness, so their read more 
 The charm dissolves apace;
 And as the morning steals upon the night,
  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
   Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
    Their clearer reason. 
 And out of darkness came the hands
 That reach thro' nature, moulding men.  
 And out of darkness came the hands
 That reach thro' nature, moulding men. 
 Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
 War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
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 Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
 War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
  Making it momentany as a sound,
   Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
    Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
     That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
      And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'
       The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
        So quick bright things come to confusion. 
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.
Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.