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Quote by Horatio Nelson

“I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.”

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Horatio Nelson was a British Admiral known for his bravery in the Napoleonic Wars. He is famous for his victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, but unfortunately, he was wounded in battle and died shortly thereafter. more

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