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Simon Bolivar

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The three greatest fools of History have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote . . . and me!
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Words reportedly said to his physician in his final days, but not his last words, as quoted in Our Lord Don Quixote : The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho, with Related Essays (1967) by Miguel de Unamuno, as translated by Anthony Kerrigan, p. 386
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The three greatest fools (majaderos) of history have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote — and I!
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As quoted in Simón Bolívar and Spanish American Independence, 1783-1830 (1968) by John J. Johnson and Doris M. Ladd, p. 115

 
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