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Day and night I always dream with open eyes. - José Martí

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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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Treacherous assassins, enemies of the people, and worthy of everyone's ridicule are those who, under the pretext of guiding future generations, teach them an isolated system of doctrines and whisper in their ear (instead of the sweet message of love) the barbarous gospel of hate.
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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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Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests.
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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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All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.
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Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
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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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One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
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He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.
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He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.
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It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.
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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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Strength comes from waiting.
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Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.
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Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
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We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.
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Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
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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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It is the duty of man to raise up man.
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