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Juan Donoso Cortés

Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat (1809-1853).

Born May 6th, 1809 in Valle de la Serena.

Died May 3rd, 1853 at 43 years old in Paris.

Occupations
diplomat, journalist, philosopher, politician, university teacher, 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