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Those who think they know their native land well because they have never traveled outside it are mistaken. Through travel we get to know our own native land better. (1927)

— Teresa de la Parra

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I have said and still say that the dirtiest jobs are coal and politics. One almost always gets one's hands soiled.

Nobody is a prophet in their own country. ("Vicente Cochocho")

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Who ever remembers to thank the sun for shining or water for quenching one's thirst? ("Vicente Cochocho")

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"Glory is only for those who seek her," a sage once remarked. ("Vicente Cochocho")

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Lyric poetry bares the soul and needs great purity and modesty or it risks becoming comical. (1925)

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