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Latin:
In absentia lucis, Tenebrae vincunt.
English:
In the absence of light, darkness prevails.
This popular Latin phrase is very reminiscent (for me, at least) of a passage from the Latin (Vulgate) Bible.
John 1:5 et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non conprehenderunt (which translate to “and the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.”) Perhaps a Roman Christian noted the similarities between the two at some point.
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