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The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. ↗

— Edmond About

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He who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

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