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Portrait of Jose Marti

Jose Marti

118 quotes in 512 categories

Martí writes that love is the bond that teaches and centers the world. He calls America a land of creators and rebels. He also urges a revolution that never ends with a single leader, a continual uprising of all people.

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José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor and publisher who became a national hero for his role in Cuba's fight for independence from Spain.

Quick Facts About Jose Marti

Notable works: Obras completas

About Jose Marti

He was also a political activist, philosopher and political theorist, and is called the 'Apostle of Cuban Independence'. From his youth he promoted liberty and intellectual independence for Spanish Americans, and his death became a rallying cry for Cuban independence.

Quotes by Jose Marti

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Character

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Strength comes from waiting.

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To Educate is to Free.

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Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.

Aftermath

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The truthe wakes up once and never dies.

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In truth, men speak too much of danger.

Danger

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To beautify life is to give it an object.

Beautify

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Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Charm

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Only those who hate the Negro see hatred in the Negro.

Hate

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Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself.

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Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)

Amor

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He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.

Office

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Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.

Bard

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Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.

Book

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To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.

Benefit

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Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.

Enemy

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Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.

Death

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“Mientras mas honda la herida, Es mi canto mas hermoso. While more deeper is the wound The more beautiful the art.”

Amor

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To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to…

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Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity.

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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…

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

Appetite

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The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his…

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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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Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue…

Apollo

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A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with…

Being honest

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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…

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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…

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The spirit of a government must be that of the country. The form of a government must come from the makeup of…

Balance

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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…

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But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole…

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The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance trade in order to ensure freedom; the…

Balance

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

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Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice. If they knew its charms, the…

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To change masters is not to be free.

Change

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Oh, what company good poets are!

Business

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“A good soul on earth hurts very much.”

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It is the duty of man to raise up man.

Duty

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Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.

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A selfish man is a thief.

Men

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Jose Marti by topic

Men (25) Freedom (19) Love (18) Life (13) Inspirational (11)