“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
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Đồng Khánh
Đồng Khánh, born Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Kỷ (阮福膺祺) or Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Đường (阮福膺禟), also known as Chánh Mông (正蒙), was the ninth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned four years between 1885 and 1889. His royal temple name was Cảnh Tông (景宗).
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politics · Emperor of Đại Nam under French protectorate of Annam and Tonkin · monarch · also Đồng Khánh, Khánh
Born 19 February 1864 · Died 28 January 1889 · Q342476
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2026· 4 entries
“A drop hollows out the stone by falling not twice, but many times; so too is a person made wise by reading not two, but many books.”
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“People should be valued for their good deeds, not their good looks, also occasionally used of things, or as a warning not to be misled by an attractive appearance.”
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“The pain of letting yourself down is much greater than anything someone else can say.”
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2007· 1 entry
“Those who engage in aggression or violence will meet their death in a similar way.”
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1997· 2 entries
“In case of need relatives usually help each other more than strangers. – The bonds of relationship are more binding than other bonds.”
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“Without due effort one is not entitled to the fruits of the work.”
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1982· 1 entry
“I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
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1916· 1 entry
His son the Emperor Khải Định granted him the name Phối Thiên Minh Vận Hiếu Đức Nhân Vũ Vĩ Công Hoằng Liệt Thông Thiết Mẫn Huệ Thuần Hoàng Đế (配天明運孝德仁武偉功弘烈聰哲敏惠純皇帝)
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1889· 1 entry
Died 1889-01-28.
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1864· 1 entry
Born 1864-02-19.
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