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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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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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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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He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.
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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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One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
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Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.
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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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Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice - for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!
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An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.
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Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.
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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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I have lived in the monster and I know its insides and my sling is the sling of David.
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The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.
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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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Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
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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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He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
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A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
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Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.
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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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