Talk:José Martí

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Vale más morir de pie que vivir arrodillado. or Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado.
- It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
- While popularly attributed to the Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, and sometimes to Che Guevara, this is actually a quote of Martí. Zapatistas and Guevara did use this slogan, but it did not originate with them. Similar expressions date back to ancient times, including those of Aeschylus, who in Prometheus Bound states, "it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life."

Triste cosa es no tener amigos, pero más triste ha de ser no tener enemigos porque quién no tenga enemigos señal es de que no tiene talento que haga sombra, ni carácter que impresione, ni valor temido, ni honra de la que se murmure, ni bienes que se le codicien, ni cosa alguna que se le envidie.
- A sad thing it is to not have friends, but even sadder must it be not having any enemies; that a man should have no enemies is a sign that he has no talent to outshine others, nor character that inspires, nor valor that is feared, nor honor to be rumored, nor goods to be coveted, nor anything to be envied.