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Others go to bed with their mistresses I with my ideas.

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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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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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The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.
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One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
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