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About Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and statesman who served as President of South Africa. Imprisoned for 27 years, he emerged to lead his country toward reconciliation and democracy.
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”