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Men are like the stars some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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It is my duty to prevent, through the independence of Cuba, the U.S.A. from spreading over the West Indies and falling with addedweight upon other lands of Our America. All I have done up to now and shall do hereafter is to that end.... I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair--and my weapon is only the slingshot of David.
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The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.
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Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.
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A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.
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Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.
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It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.
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Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.
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He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
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To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.
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The first duty of a man is to think for himself
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He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.
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Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)
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Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.
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Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggar's smile from the scorn of free men.
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He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.
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Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.
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The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves it is necessary to balance trade in order to ensure freedom the country that wants to die sells only to one country , and the country that wants to survive sells to more than one.
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Oh, what company good poets are!
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Day and night I always dream with open eyes. - José Martí
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I know that when the world surrenders, pallid, to repose, the murmur of a tranquil stream through the deep silence flows.
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