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Forgotten Manila Quotes by José Rizal

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“The hustle and bustle everywhere, so many carriages and cabs at a dash, Europeans, Chinese, and natives, each dressed after their own fashion, fruit pedlars, messengers, porters stripped to the waist, foodshops, inns, restaurants, shops, carts pulled by philosophical carabaos,…

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“What said those two souls communicating through the language of the eyes, more perfect than that of the lips, the language given to the…

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The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people.

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He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

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He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.

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“Walang mang-aalipin kung walang paaalipin.”

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“He would have admired one of those fantastic visions, those magic apparitions one sometimes sees in the great theaters of Europe, in which the…

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“The glory of saving a country doesn't mean having to use the measures that contributed to its ruin!”

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“Countrymen: I have given proofs, as well as the best of you, of desiring liberty for our country, and I continue to desire it.…

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“In the Philippines you are not considered to be honorable unless you have been to jail.”

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