Virtue lies in the middle ground.

The youth is the hope of our future.

The world laughs at another man's pain.

Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils.

The appetite is sharpened by the first bites.

He who would love much has also much to suffer.

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!

Each one writes history according to his convenience.

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

The example could encourage others who only fear to start.

Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds.

What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.

I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.

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

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

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

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

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.

Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing!

Who does not love his own tongue is far worse than a brute or stinking fish.

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

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

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.

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

It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing.

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

It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest.

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

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

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

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.

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

I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.

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

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

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

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

Orientals, and the Malays in particular, are a sensitive people: delicacy of sentiment is predominant with them.

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

Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.

The people no longer has confidence in its former protectors, now its exploiters and executioners. The masks have fallen.

Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.

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.

Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest.

To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence, it would be to doubt everything; and then what is life for?

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!

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

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.

Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be saved she must redeem herself?

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