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Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.

Kabir

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
Divine
Progress
Rebelled
Order
Discontent
Human
Existing
Humans
Affairs
Always
Affair
Would
Looked
Men
Revolution

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