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Each one writes history according to his convenience.

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The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

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Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

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Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.

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While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

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The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.

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Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.

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No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.

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Death has always been the first sign of European civilization when introduced in the Pacific.

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To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.

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Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

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Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

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Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing! (God speaking to the angel Gabriel)

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One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

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I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors;
Where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.

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I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.

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Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows—it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.

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For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.

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To the questioning glance of love, as it flashes out and then conceals itself, speech has no reply; the smile, the kiss, the sigh answer.

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Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

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It breaks immortality's neck
Contemplates crime and therefore halts it;
It humbles barbarous nations
And makes of savages, champions.

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Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight,
To die to give you life, to rest under your sky;
And in your enchanted land forever sleep.

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Muse who in the past inspired me to sing of the throes of love:
Go and repose.
What I need is a sword, rivers of gold,
and acrid prose.

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God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night.

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I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.

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