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Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón

Spanish politician (1808–1865).

Born February 22nd, 1808 in Écija.

Died October 8th, 1865 at 57 years old in Madrid.

Occupations
diplomat, historian, journalist, lawyer, minister, playwright, poet lawyer, politician, writer

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon