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"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
His Dudeness of TWC
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I can't read Dutch, dammit!
Bu yes it's him, a very special dude I would say.. probably a part of his story is fictional, but no doubt he was the greatest mind of his times, akin to dudes like Leonardo (and possibly even more than him).
over to you
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"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
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I believe this pic predates what he is famous for by more than a decade.
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
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This post inspired me to look him up.
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
Domesticus
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André Maginot?
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Originally Posted by Grymloq
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
Domesticus
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Here is the next guy
大信皇帝
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Is that a Turk or a Cossack?
"Famous general without peer in any age, most superior in valor and inspired by the Way of Heaven; since the provinces are now subject to your will it is certain that you will increasingly mount in victory." - Ōgimachi-tennō
Domesticus
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He is a Turk
His Dudeness of TWC
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Hacı Hüseyin Pascià, AKA Mezomorto (because of a terrible wound he suffered and survived, Mezzo/morto in Italian means half or almost dead)
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I was just going to give a hint, yes well done Flinn
Can't rep Flinn at the moment though
His Dudeness of TWC
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Someone will do us the honor, probably
hint: he didn't die out of that wound
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a hint
he was an important Japanese figure during WWII and tried to commit suicide at the end of the same, but didn't succeed.
no one didSomeone will do us the honor, probably
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The obvious one? Tojo? I mean... that looks like Hideki Tojo to me.
"Famous general without peer in any age, most superior in valor and inspired by the Way of Heaven; since the provinces are now subject to your will it is certain that you will increasingly mount in victory." - Ōgimachi-tennō
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got him!
can't rep you sadly, run out of it
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大信皇帝
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"Famous general without peer in any age, most superior in valor and inspired by the Way of Heaven; since the provinces are now subject to your will it is certain that you will increasingly mount in victory." - Ōgimachi-tennō
Domesticus
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I repped Oda for Flinn
His Dudeness of TWC
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Hint?
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大信皇帝
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This guy is Italian.
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