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Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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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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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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Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)
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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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I come from all places and to all places I go: I am art among the arts and mountain among mountains. I know the strange names of flowers and herbs and of fatal deceptions and magnificent griefs. In night's darkness I've seen raining down on my head pure flames, flashing rays of beauty divine.
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All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.
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Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.
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Do something useful and you will have everything you want. Doors are shut for those who are dull and lazy life is secure for those who obey the law of work.
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I have lived in the monster and I know its insides and my sling is the sling of David.
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Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
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