Jose Rizal Quotes

January 12, 2009 // 13 Comments »

Dr. José P. Rizal (full name: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is considered the Philippines’ National Hero and the anniversary of Rizal’s death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal’s 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution. [Source: Wikipedia]

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)

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