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1861–1896 Philippines
José Rizal (June 19 1861 – December 30 1896) or known as José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, doctor, writer, and polymath whose works and martyred death made him a hero of the Philippine Revolution. His mother was Teodora Alonso and his father is Francisco Mercado.
Philippines Linguists Novelists Painters Also known as: Jose Rizal, Rizal, Jose
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I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors;
His coming to the world is like the appearance of a rare comet, whose brilliance appears only every other century.
He who would love much has also much to suffer.
The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.
Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.
Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.
Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.
To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.
Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows--it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.
Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
Letter to Mariano Ponce (1890)
To live is to be among men, and to be among men is to struggle, a struggle not only with them but with oneself; with their passions, but also with one's own.
Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils.
Each one writes history according to his convenience.
Death has always been the first sign of European civilization when introduced in the Pacific.
Muse who in the past inspired me to sing of the throes of love:
Believing in accidents is like believing in miracles--both presuppose that God does not know the future.
Truth does not need to borrow garments from error. (Also translated as: Truth does not need to borrow garments from falsehood.)
Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.
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