Rainis
Rainis (the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns) was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 1911), and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.
“Kas darbu nedara, tas par darbu runā. Kas darbu nespēj, tas darbu kritizē. Kas darbu dara, tas klusē, un darbs par viņu runā.”
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“Tam nepietiek, kam ir par daudz.”
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“Pats cīnies, palīdz, domā, spried un sver,Pats esi kungs, pats laimei – durvis ver!”
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“Ir katram roka jāpieliek, lai lielais darbs uz priekšu iet!”
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