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"When I was a boy, the priest, my uncle, carefully inculcated upon me this proverb, which I then lear..." — William Wallace

When I was a boy, the priest, my uncle, carefully inculcated upon me this proverb, which I then learned and have ever since kept in my mind: 'Dico tibi verum, Libertas optima rerum; Nunquam servili, sub nexu vivito, fili.' 'I tell you a truth: Liberty is the best of things, my son; never live under any slavish bond.'
William Wallace
William Wallace Revolutionary • Scottish
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