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“ ”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.
About José Martí
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).
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Additional quotes by José Martí
Cuba and Belgium are both countries of modest size, surrounded by large, powerful and often hostile powers.
Mucho, señora, daría
Por tender sobre tu espalda
Tu cabellera bravía,
Tu cabellera de gualda:
Despacio la tendería,
Callado la besaría.
Por sobre la oreja fina
Baja lujoso el cabello,
Lo mismo que una cortina
Que se levanta hacia el cuello.
La oreja es obra divina
De porcelana de China.
Mucho, señora, te diera
Por desenredar el nudo
De tu roja cabellera
Sobre tu cuello desnudo:
Muy despacio la esparciera,
Hilo por hilo la abriera
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.