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One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long and short of him will be known.'

Takeda Nobushige

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Takeda Nobushige
Age: 36 †
Born: 1525
Born: January 1
Died: 1561
Died: September 10
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