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		<title>Carlin, George -- Book (2004), When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, &#8220;Bits and Pieces&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don&#8217;t mention anything about cursing a lack of candles. (Source (Audio)). Referring to the quotation by W. L. Watkinson.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don&#8217;t mention anything about cursing a lack of candles.</p>
<br><b>George Carlin</b> (1937–2008) American comedian<br>Book (2004), <i>When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?</i>, &#8220;Bits and Pieces&#8221; 
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/YqLnVx21M54?si=kWtIg5qPwp7PSP6F&t=10427">Source (Audio)</a>). Referring to the quotation by <a href="/watkinson-w-l/79925/">W. L. Watkinson</a>.
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		<title>Watkinson, W L -- Sermon (1907), &#8220;The Invincible Strategy,&#8221; The Supreme Conquest and other Sermons Preached in America, Sermon 14</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. The sermon was written around Romans 12:21 (&#8220;Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.&#8221;). Often attributed as a Chinese proverb, or a quotation from Confucius or Eleanor Roosevelt. For more information on this quote&#8217;s origin and variations, see: Quote Origin: [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.</p>
<br><b>W. L. Watkinson</b> (1838–1925) English Methodist minister and preacher [William Lonsdale Watkinson]<br>Sermon (1907), &#8220;The Invincible Strategy,&#8221; <i>The Supreme Conquest and other Sermons Preached in America</i>, Sermon 14 
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The sermon was written around <a href="/bible-nt/15586/">Romans 12:21</a> ("Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.").<br><br>

Often attributed as a Chinese <a href="/author/proverbs/">proverb</a>, or a quotation from <a href="/author/confucius/">Confucius</a> or <a href="/author/roosevelt-eleanor/">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>.<br><br>

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	<li><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/19/candle/" title="Quote Origin: Better to Light a Candle Than to Curse the Darkness – Quote Investigator®">Quote Origin: Better to Light a Candle Than to Curse the Darkness – Quote Investigator®</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://professorbuzzkill.com/2017/06/19/eleanor-roosevelt-candle-qnq/#:~:text=This%20may%20be%20one%20of,your%20pipe%20and%20smoke%20it" title="Eleanor Roosevelt: &quot;It's Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness.&quot; Quote or No Quote? Professor Buzzkill" rel="noopener">Eleanor Roosevelt: &quot;It's Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness.&quot; Quote or No Quote? Professor Buzzkill</a></li></ul>

See also <a href="/kennedy-john/25388/">Kennedy</a> (1960), <a href="/pratchett-terry/43771/">Pratchett</a> (1993), and <a href="/carlin-george/80063/">Carlin</a> (2004).						</span>
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		<title>Lehane, Dennis -- Since We Fell (2017)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A complaint that’s not looking for a solution is a disease not looking for a cure. A frequent saying of the character Brian Delacroix.]]></description>
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<br><b>Dennis Lehane</b> (b. 1965) American novelist, screenwriter<br><i>Since We Fell</i> (2017) 
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A frequent saying of the character Brian Delacroix.						</span>
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		<title>Virgil -- The Aeneid [Ænē̆is], Book 12, l. 800ff (12.800-803) [Jove] (29-19 BC) [tr. Fagles (2006)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have done at last. Bow to my appeals. Don’t let your corrosive grief devour you in silence, or let your dire concerns come pouring from your sweet lips and plaguing me forever. [Desine iam tandem precibusque inflectere nostris, ni te tantus edit tacitam dolor et mihi curae saepe tuo dulci tristes ex ore recursent, ventum [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Have done at last.<br />
Bow to my appeals. Don’t let your corrosive grief<br />
devour you in silence, or let your dire concerns come<br />
pouring from your sweet lips and plaguing me forever.</p>
<p><em>[Desine iam tandem precibusque inflectere nostris,<br />
ni te tantus edit tacitam dolor et mihi curae<br />
saepe tuo dulci tristes ex ore recursent,<br />
ventum ad supremum est.]</em></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>Virgil</b> (70–19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]<br><i>The Aeneid [Ænē̆is]</i>, Book 12, l. 800ff (12.800-803) [Jove] (29-19 BC) [tr. Fagles (2006)] 
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Jove ordering Juno to stop prolonging the war between the local nations of Italy and the invading Trojans.<br><br>

(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0055%3Abook%3D12%3Acard%3D791#:~:text=Desine%20iam%20tandem%20precibusque%20inflectere%20nostris%2C%0Ani%20te%20tantus%20edit%20tacitam%20dolor%20et%20mihi%20curae%0Asaepe%20tuo%20dulci%20tristes%20ex%20ore%20recursent%2C%0Aventum%20ad%20supremum%20est.">Source (Latin)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>



<blockquote>Give o'er at last, to our intreaties bend,<br>
Nor let such eating grief thee silent spend,<br>
Nor with such care so often trouble me.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A65106.0001.001/1:6.12?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=Give%20ore%20at,often%20trouble%20me">Ogilby</a> (1649)]</blockquote><br>




<blockquote>At last, in deference to my love, forbear<br>
To lodge within thy soul this anxious care;<br>
Reclin'd upon my breast, thy grief unload:<br>
Who should relieve the goddess, but the god?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aeneid_(Dryden)/Book_XII#:~:text=At%20last%2C%20in%20deference%20to%20my%20love%2C%20forbear%0ATo%20lodge%20within%20thy%20soul%20this%20anxious%20care%3B%0AReclin%27d%20upon%20my%20breast%2C%20thy%20grief%20unload%3A%0AWho%20should%20relieve%20the%20goddess%2C%20but%20the%20god%3F">Dryden</a> (1697)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Now at length desist, and be swayed by my entreaty: nor let such discontent prey upon you in silence; nor let gloomy cares so often meet me from those sweet lips.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Works_of_Virgil/GuFCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22now%20at%20length%20desist%22">Davidson/Buckley</a> (1854)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">At length give way;<br>
Permit my prayers your will to sway;<br>
Nor brood in silent grief, nor vent<br>
From those sweet lips your ill-content.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aeneid_(Conington_1866)/Book_12#:~:text=%27Tis%20Jove%20entreats%3A%20at%20length%20give%20way%3B%0APermit%20my%20prayers%20your%20will%20to%20sway%3B%0ANor%20brood%20in%20silent%20grief%2C%20nor%20vent%0AFrom%20those%20sweet%20lips%20your%20ill%2Dcontent.">Conington</a> (1866)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Yield to our prayers, desist thou now at length;<br>
Nor let such grief consume thy silent heart,<br>
Nor from thy sweet lips let these gloomy cares<br>
Encounter me so oft.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/aeneidvirgiltra00crangoog/page/n413/mode/2up?q=%22Yield+to+our+prayers%22">Cranch</a> (1872), l. 1015ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Forbear now, I pray, and bend to our entreaties; let not the pain thus devour thee in silence, and distress so often flood back on me from thy sweet lips.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/22456/pg22456-images.html#BOOK_TWELFTH:~:text=Forbear%20now%2C%20I%20pray%2C%20and%20bend%20to%20our%20entreaties%3B%20let%20not%20the%20pain%20thus%20devour%20thee%20in%20silence%2C%20and%20distress%20so%20often%20flood%20back%20on%20me%20from%20thy%20sweet%20lips.">Mackail</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I prithee yield unto my prayers, and from thy troubling cease.<br>
Let not thine hushed grief eat thine heart, or bitter words of care<br>
So often from thy sweetest mouth the soul within me wear.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29358/pg29358-images.html#BOOK_XII:~:text=I%20prithee%20yield,within%20me%20wear.">Morris</a> (1900)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Desist at length, and hearken to my prayer.<br>
Feed not in silence on a grief so sore,<br>
Nor spoil those sweet lips with unlovely care.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18466/pg18466-images.html#book12line919:~:text=Desist%20at%20length%2C%20and%20hearken%20to%20my%20prayer.%0AFeed%20not%20in%20silence%20on%20a%20grief%20so%20sore%2C%0ANor%20spoil%20those%20sweet%20lips%20with%20unlovely%20care">Taylor</a> (1907), st. 104, l. 928ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Give o'er, and to our supplication yield;<br>
let not such grief thy voiceless heart devour;<br>
nor from thy sweet lips let thy mournful care<br>
so oft assail my mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D12%3Acard%3D791#:~:text=Give%20o%27er%2C%20and%20to%20our%20supplication%20yield%3B%0Alet%20not%20such%20grief%20thy%20voiceless%20heart%20devour%3B%0Anor%20from%20thy%20sweet%20lips%20let%20thy%20mournful%20care%0Aso%20oft%20assail%20my%20mind.">Williams</a> (1910)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Cease now, I pray, and bend to our entreaties, that such great grief may not consume thee in silence, nor to me may bitter cares so ft return from thy sweet lips.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/workswithenglish02virguoft/page/354/mode/2up?q=%22Cease+now%2C+I+pray%22">Fairclough</a> (1918)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Stop it now, I tell you;<br>
Listen to my entreaties: I would not have you<br>
Devoured by grief in silence; I would not have you<br>
Bring me, again, anxiety and sorrow,<br>
However sweet the voice.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/61596/pg61596-images.html#BOOK_XII:~:text=Stop%20it%20now%2C%20I,However%20sweet%20the%20voice.">Humphries</a> (1951)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Then yield to my persuasions, give up the long feud now at last!<br>
No more of the hidden rancour that so consumes you, the sullen<br>
Recriminations your sweet lips have troubled me with so often.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/aenei00virg/page/314/mode/2up?q=%22yield+to+my+persuasions%22">Day-Lewis</a> (1952)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Stop at last;<br>
give way to what I now ask: do not let<br>
so great a sorrow gnaw at you in silence;<br>
do not let your sweet lips so often press<br>
your bitter cares on me.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/aeneidofvirgil100virg/page/330/mode/2up?q=%22stop+at+last%22">Mandelbaum</a> (1971), l. 1062ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Come now, at last<br>
Have done, and heed our pleading, and give way.<br>
Let yourself no longer be consumed<br>
Without relief by all that inward burning;<br>
Let care and trouble not forever come to me <br>
From your sweet lips.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/aeneid00virg/page/396/mode/2up?q=%22come+now+at+last%22">Fitzgerald</a> (1981), l. 1083]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The time has come at last for you to cease and give way to our entreaties. Do not let this great sorrow gnaw at your heart in silence, and do not make me listen to grief and resentment for ever streaming from your sweet lips.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/aeneidvirg00virg/page/328/mode/2up?q=%22time+has+come+at+last%22">West</a> (1990)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Now cease, at last, and give way to my entreaties,<br>
lest such sadness consume you in silence, and your bitter<br>
woes stream back to me often from your sweet lips.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/VirgilAeneidXII.php#anchor_Toc6669719:~:text=Now%20cease%2C%20at,your%20sweet%20lips.">Kline</a> (2002)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Johnson, Samuel -- Essay (1750-09-08), The Rambler, No.  50</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not sufficiently considered how much he assumes who dares to claim the privilege of complaining; for as every man has, in his own opinion, a full share of the miseries of life, he is inclined to consider all clamorous uneasiness as a proof of impatience rather than of affliction, and to ask, what [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not sufficiently considered how much he assumes who dares to claim the privilege of complaining; for as every man has, in his own opinion, a full share of the miseries of life, he is inclined to consider all clamorous uneasiness as a proof of impatience rather than of affliction, and to ask, what merit has this man to show, by which he has acquired a right to repine at the distributions of nature? Or, why does he imagine that exemptions should be granted him from the general condition of man? We find ourselves excited rather to captiousness than pity, and, instead of being in haste to sooth his complaints by sympathy and tenderness, we inquire whether the pain be proportionate to the lamentation; and whether, supposing the affliction real, it is not the effect of vice and folly, rather than calamity?</p>
<br><b>Samuel Johnson</b> (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic<br>Essay (1750-09-08), <i>The Rambler</i>, No.  50 
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		<title>Shakespeare, William -- Henry IV, Part 2, Act 1, sc. 3, l. 112ff (1.3.112-113) (c. 1598)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">ARCHBISHOP:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">O thoughts of men accursed!<br />
Past and to come seems best; things present, worst.</p>
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<br><b>William Shakespeare</b> (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet<br><i>Henry IV, Part 2</i>, Act 1, sc. 3, l. 112ff (1.3.112-113) (c. 1598) 
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		<title>Watterson, Bill -- Calvin and Hobbes (1989-12-30)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOBBES: A new decade is coming up. CALVIN: Yeah, big deal! Hmph. Where are the flying cars? Where are the Moon colonies? Where are the personal robots and the zero gravity boots, huh? You call this a new decade?! You call this the future?? Ha! Where are the rocket packs? Where are the disintegration rays? [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">HOBBES:  A new decade is coming up.</p>
<p class="hangingindent">CALVIN:  Yeah, big deal!  Hmph.  Where are the flying cars?  Where are the Moon colonies?  Where are the personal robots and the zero gravity boots, huh?  You call this a new decade?!  You call this the future??  <i>Ha!</i>  Where are the rocket packs?  Where are the disintegration rays?  Where are the floating cities?</p>
<p class="hangingindent">HOBBES:  Frankly, I&#8217;m not sure people have the brains to manage the technology they&#8217;ve <i>got.</i></p>
<p class="hangingindent">CALVIN:  I mean, <i>look</i> at this!  We still have the <i>weather?!</i>  Give me a break!</p>
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<br><b>Bill Watterson</b> (b. 1958) American cartoonist<br><i>Calvin and Hobbes</i> (1989-12-30) 
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