“You will be what you must be, or else you will be nothing.”

— José de San Martín

Serás lo que debas ser o si no no serás nada.
Quoted in La vida blanca (1960) by Eduardo Mallea, p. 154
Variant translation: You will be what you should be or else will not be.

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Argentine general and independence leader 1778–1850

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