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Darkness Proverbs

Sayings about Darkness The  darkness  of night cannot stop the light of morning. ~ Cameroonian Proverb Darkness conceals the hippopotamus. ~ Zulu Proverb It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room, especially when it is not there. ~ Chinese Proverb The darkest hour is just before the dawn. ~ Traditional Proverb Love is like the moon: now full, now dark . ~ Polish Proverb O foolish world, why are you scratching around in the dark ? ~ German Proverb If you open the eyes of a blind man he wants to go back to the darkness . ~ Berber Proverb Lovers and thieves always look for darkness . ~ Yiddish Proverb After dark all cats are leopards. ~ Native American Proverb If you are going to die you will die in the dark even if you have been in the candle business. ~ South American Proverb Choose your inn before dark , get back on the road before dawn. ~ Chinese Proverb Without gold even the daylight is dark . ~ Lithuanian Proverb A virgin's he...

Light Proverbs

Sayings about Light  A light is still a light -- even though the blind man cannot see it. ~ Austrian Proverb The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight , when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy. ~ Iranian Proverb What is true by lamplight is not always true by s unlight . ~ French Proverb Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light . ~ English Proverb Even light takes a decade to travel ten light-years. ~ Traditional Proverb The fuel in the lamp consumes itself but lights others. ~ African Proverb The moon gives us light but no heat. ~ Russian Proverb Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~ Chinese Proverb Sooner or later the truth comes to light . ~ Dutch Proverb Whoever has no children has no light in his eyes. ~ Iranian Proverb Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light . ~ Iranian Proverb The guard's sleep is the lamplight of the thief. ~ Iranian Proverb Though the blind man...