Jose Marti
Jose Marti
José Julián Martí Pérezis a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life, he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, a Freemason, a political theorist, and supporter of Henry George's economic reforms known as Georgism. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol for Cuba's bid for independence against Spain in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth28 January 1853
CountryCuba
Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests.
No fruit on earth can rival the cemetery's crop
In truth, men speak too much of danger.
It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.
The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.
Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.
The dagger plunged in the name of freedom is plunged into the breast of freedom.
Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.
There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
I have lived in the monster and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David .