#illuminates

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

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There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. ↗

— James Thurber

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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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