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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

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Daniel Defoe
Age: 70 †
Born: 1660
Born: September 30
Died: 1731
Died: April 24
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Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.
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