Sage, also known as Tessa, is a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe, a member of the X-Men. Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, the character first appeared in The X-Men #132 (April 1980). In the context of the stories, when Professor X is assembling the first group of X-Men, he sends Sage to infiltrate the Hellfire Club. She stays there for many years, before eventually rejoining the X-Men.
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“The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; Having given all he has to others, he is richer still.”
—Lao-Tzu (6th century B.C.)
“Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet,
To think how mony counsels sweet,
How mony lengthen’d, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises!”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
“The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)