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A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wonderin...

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But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to buil...

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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 i...

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There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-pre...

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The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women.

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give enco...

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Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatne...

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Men are like the stars some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receiv...

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He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for hi...

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Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmon...

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Only tyranny fears the full expression of liberty.

The first duty of a man is to think for himself

Man can never be more perfect than the sun. The sun burns us with the same light that warms us. The ...

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We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

Nuestra America y Otros Escritos

Cultivo una rosa blanca,En julio como en enero,Para el amigo sinceroQue me da su mano franca.Y para ...

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Versos Sencillos: Simple Verses

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

Versos Sencillos: Simple Verses

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José Martí

Poet

Born: 1853-01-28

Died: 1895-05-19

José Julián Martí Pérez (28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature. He was very politically active and is considered an important philosopher and political theorist. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol of Cuba's bid for independence from the Spanish Empire in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle of Cuban Independence" (El Apostol de la Independencia Cubana).More