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" Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever. "
Jose Marti
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" Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness. "
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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. "
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