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Science has immortal flowers from where bees can extract honey of poetry.

— Manuel González Prada Speech at the Exhibition Palace (1887)

La Ciencia tiene flores inmortales de donde pueden las abejas estraer miel de poesía.

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Given the general inclination of man to abuse power, all government is evil and all authority means tyranny.

Anarquía (1936)

If there is pleasure in conquest with the sword, it is no less sweet illuminating with the torch. Glory for glory, it is better to leave sparks of light than trails of blood.

Conference at the Lima Athenaeum (1886)

Do not argue with insurmountable obstacles: the man of solid talent, like a well-bred Cesar, crosses the Rubicon.

Conference at the Lima Athenaeum (1886)

Man walks with small steps in infancy and in old age.

Conference at the Lima Athenaeum (1886)

If the nations of Europe appear like large pachyderms of the intellectual kingdom, let us not represent in Peru the microbes of literature.

Conference at the Lima Athenaeum (1886)

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