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> [Hold high the brow serene, O youth, where now you stand; Let the bright sheen Of your grace be seen, Fair hope of my fatherland!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/hold-high-the-brow-serene-o-youth-where-now-you-stand-let-the-bright/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

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> [No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and since the Filipino is regarded as a fit citizen when he is asked to pay taxes or shed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/no-one-ceases-to-be-a-man-no-one-forfeits-his-rights-to-civilization/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

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## More by José Rizal

> [“What said those two souls communicating through the language of the eyes, more perfect than that of the lips, the language given to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/what-said-those-two-souls-communicating-through-the-language-of-the/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“What was exchanged in the language of their eyes, more perfect than their lips, the language afforded the soul so that no sound disturbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/what-was-exchanged-in-the-language-of-their-eyes-more-perfect-than/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-filipino-embraces-civilization-and-lives-and-thrives-in-every/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/he-who-does-not-know-how-to-look-back-at-where-he-came-from-will/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/he-who-does-not-love-his-own-language-is-worse-than-an-animal-and/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“Walang mang-aalipin kung walang paaalipin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/walang-mang-aalipin-kung-walang-paaalipin/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“He would have admired one of those fantastic visions, those magic apparitions one sometimes sees in the great theaters of Europe, in which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/he-would-have-admired-one-of-those-fantastic-visions-those-magic/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“The glory of saving a country doesn't mean having to use the measures that contributed to its ruin!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-glory-of-saving-a-country-doesn-t-mean-having-to-use-the-measures/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/your-enemies-hate-you-more-than-they-hate-your-ideas-should-you-want/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“When a people holds onto its language, it holds onto a semblance of freedom, like a man who holds onto his independence when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/when-a-people-holds-onto-its-language-it-holds-onto-a-semblance-of/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“Countrymen: I have given proofs, as well as the best of you, of desiring liberty for our country, and I continue to desire it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/countrymen-i-have-given-proofs-as-well-as-the-best-of-you-of-desiring/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [“In the Philippines you are not considered to be honorable unless you have been to jail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/in-the-philippines-you-are-not-considered-to-be-honorable-unless-you/)

[José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/there-now-exists-a-factor-which-was-formerly-lacking-the-spirit-of/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/i-can-concede-that-the-government-has-no-knowledge-of-the-people-but/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

> [It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/it-is-a-useless-life-that-is-not-consecrated-to-a-great-ideal-it-is/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

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