“Whoever has a cold is stupid, because he just had to avoid catching a cold.”

—  Leopold II of Belgium

Source: Did you know: Leopold II was a hypochondriac. https://www.rtbf.be/culture/article/detail_le-saviez-vous-leopold-ii-etait-hypocondriaque?id=10710184

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King of the Belgians 1835–1909

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