José Martí's most famous quotes
The top 3 according to 70 votes from people: There is no race hatred, because there are no races. · My verse is a wounded stag seeking shelter in the hills. · I grow a white rose in June as in January for the sincere friend who gives me his honest hand.. (Updated Nov 5, 2019.)
From Simple Verses ('I grow a white rose') to Our America ('Trenches of ideas are worth more than trenches of stone'): Martí's most quoted lines, with their source where known.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 13
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1
There is no race hatred, because there are no races.
Our America (1891).
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2
My verse is a wounded stag seeking shelter in the hills.
Simple Verses (1891), V.
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3
I grow a white rose in June as in January for the sincere friend who gives me his honest hand.
Simple Verses (1891), XXXIX.
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4
Our wine is made of plantain; and if it turns sour, it is our wine!
Our America (1891).
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5
Trenches of ideas are worth more than trenches of stone.
Our America (1891).
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6
He who stirs up and spreads opposition and hatred between races sins against Humanity.
'My Race' (1893).
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7
Rights are taken, not asked for; seized, not begged for.
Collected in anthologies.
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8
To govern, in a new nation, means to create.
Our America (1891).
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9
Words are not made to cover the truth, but to tell it.
Collected in anthologies.
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10
It is the hour of reckoning and of marching together, and we must walk in close ranks, like the silver in the roots of the Andes.
Our America (1891).
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11
A grain of poetry is enough to perfume a whole century.
Collected in anthologies.
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12
Better a minute on your feet than a lifetime on your knees.
Attributed; also credited to others.
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13
Every man has two mothers: nature and circumstance.
Collected in anthologies.
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