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Lighting Candles vs Cursing Darkness ('Better to light a single candle...'): Proactive Duty
Mapped under Metaphors of Action and Transformation → Category III Metaphorical and Proverbial
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Other Microthemes in Metaphors of Action and Transformation:
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