"Like bones to the human body, the axle……" — Jose Marti
"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect."
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84 Quotes by Jose Marti
Jose Marti has 84 quotes on this site.
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Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit.
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Men have no special right because they belong to one race or another: the word man defines all rights.
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A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.
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The only way to be totally free is through education.
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The dagger plunged in the name of freedom is plunged into the breast of freedom.
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There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.
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Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
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Socialist ideology, like so many others, has two main dangers. One stems from confused and incomplete readings of foreign texts,…
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It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.
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Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.
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Oh, what company good poets are!
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Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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