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Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.

Lajos Kossuth

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Lajos Kossuth
Age: 87 †
Born: 1806
Born: April 27
Died: 1894
Died: March 20
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Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva
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