Do we really believe that there are no self-styled sages amongst us who think they know what other nations need better than those nations themselves?
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I defy anyone to enunciate them with cold dispassion and that higher impartiality given to sages and saints.
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In that time, the simple and the scholarly could equally be sages.
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What is peculiar is that in this country we have followed the advice of our sages.
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As a comité des sages, they will promote this idea of keeping our very important heritage through digitisation, in full respect of course of the property rights.
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They are the common heritage of mankind—poets and prophets, sages and psalmists, known to every child in every school in every country of the civilised world.
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We must remember that we are living in a time when the media and various sages are talking about the alienation of the public from the political processes.
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Oghma is most commonly worshipped by any bards, as well as character employed as sages, artisans, smiths, and alchemists.
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Deneir is commonly worshipped by magic-users, illusionists, thieves, clerics, as well as characters employed as poets, artists, scribes, and sages.
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Only exiled persons and sages ("rishis") typically resided here.
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Numerous preachers and sages appeared, many of them professing to be his followers.
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Ideas about this secret council of sages, under several names, were a widely shared feature of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century esotericism.
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When they were discussing strategies to maintain peace, they cited quotes from ancient sages, but they were filled with doubts and worries.
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Followers of these two sages dominated scholarly debate over the following decades.
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He bowed to him several times but as there was no response he took a dead snake and threw it around the sage's neck.
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