The three greatest fools of History have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote . . . and me!
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Words reportedly said to his physician in his final days, but not his last words, as quoted in Our Lord Don Quixote : The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho, with Related Essays (1967) by Miguel de Unamuno, as translated by Anthony Kerrigan, p. 386
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The exact word used by Bolívar in Spanish is majadero. | The three greatest fools of history have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote — and I! | As quoted in Simón Bolívar and Spanish American Independence, 1783-1830 (1968) by John J. Johnson and Doris M. Ladd, p. 115 | The three greatest idiots in history, have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote, and myself. | As quoted in Nineteenth-century Gallery : Portraits of Power and Rebellion (1970) by Stanley Edward Ayling, p. 122 | In the course of history, there have been three radicals: Jesus Christ, Don Quixote, and... me. | The three biggest fools in the world have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote, and... me. | Jesus Christ, Don Quixote and I: three greatest fools of history. | We have sewn the sea — Jesus Christ, Don Quixote and me: the three great fools of history... | I’ve been plowing in the sea. Jesus Christ, Don Quixote and I — the three great mavericks of history.
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