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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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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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There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.
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In this world, there must be a certain degree of honor just as there must be a certain amount of light. When there are many men without honor, there will always be some others who bear in themselves the honor of many men.
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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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Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.
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Strength comes from waiting.
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To beautify life is to give it an object.
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Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.
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Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them.
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Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)
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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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It is the duty of man to raise up man.
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But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.
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Day and night I always dream with open eyes. - José Martí
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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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Men are like the stars some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.
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It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.
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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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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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No fruit on earth can rival the cemetery's crop
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