quotes by José Martí

"The first duty of a man is to think for himself"
— José Martí

"We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.
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— José Martí (Nuestra America y Otros Escritos)

"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."
— José Martí

"A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
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— José Martí (Versos Sencillos: Simple Verses)

"Todo es hermoso y constante,
Todo es música y razón,
Y todo, como el diamante,
Antes que luz es carbón."
— José Martí (Simple Verses/Versos Sencillos)

"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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— José Martí

""Vivi dentro del monstro y conozco sus entranas""
— José Martí

"The truthe wakes up once and never dies."
— José Martí

"Yo he visto en la noche oscura llover sobre mi cabeza los rayos de lumbra pura de la divina belleza."
— José Martí

"To Educate is to Free."
— José Martí

"i El deber de un hombre es estar allí, donde es mas útil !
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— José Martí