Jose Marti

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love. ↗

— Jose Marti

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The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest. ↗

— Jose Marti

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To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all. ↗

— Jose Marti

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He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. ↗

— Jose Marti

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He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical. ↗

— Jose Marti

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In truth, men speak too much of danger. ↗

— Jose Marti

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