Definition of Better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

1. Proverb. In the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Better To Light A Single Candle Than To Curse The Darkness

better-known
better-looking
better-off
better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
better half
better halves
better late than never
better light
better off
better off(p)
better safe than sorry
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
better than nothing
better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness (current term)
bettered
betterer
betterhood
bettering
betterish
betterment
betterments
bettermost
bettern't
betterness
betternesses
betters
betther
betties

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