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Quote by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

“Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.”

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca, born on January 17, 1600, and died on May 25, 1681, was one of the most famous dramatists of the Spanish Baroque period. His works, blending classicalism and mysticism, had a profound impact on Spanish drama. more

“To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean, making a political speech. What it means is to try, relentlessly and passionately, to teach the masses that everything depends on them; that if we stagnate it is their responsibility, and that if we go forward it is due to them too, that there is no such thing as a demiurge, that there is no famous man who will take the responsibility for everything, but that the demiurge is the people themselves and the magic hands are finally only the hands of the people.”

People Ifs Men Trying Mean Doe Hands Political Responsibility Teach Magic Depends Speech Mass Dues Educate Political Speeches

Book:The Wretched of the Earth

Source: The Wretched of the Earth

“The native must realize that colonialism never gives anything away for nothing.”

Giving Realizing Native Colonialism

Book:The Wretched of the Earth

Source: The Wretched of the Earth

“For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man.”

Men Trying Humanity Turns Concepts Europe Work Out Leafs Comrade

Book:The Wretched of the Earth

Source: The Wretched of the Earth

“I came into the world imbued with the will to find a meaning in things, my spirit filled with the desire to attain to the source of the world, and then I found that I was an object in the midst of other objects.”

World Spirit Desire Found Objects Source Filled Midst

Book:Black Skin, White Masks

Source: Black Skin, White Masks

Quote by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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