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Olavo Bilac
Brazilian poet, journalist and translator (1865–1918).
Born December 16th, 1865 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 28th, 1918 at 53 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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