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Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

Jose Rizal

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Jose Rizal
Age: 35 †
Born: 1861
Born: June 19
Died: 1896
Died: December 30
Artist
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Jose Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
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