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

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Source : Jose Rizal, Charles Derbyshire (1912). “The reign of greed: a complete English version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish”

Jose Rizal

#Country Quotes #Saving Quotes #Ruins Quotes

“For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain, Then a light, then thy breast, O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again, And with God be the rest!”
“Books open windows to the world and have the power to transform lives.”
“All bad writers are in love with the epic.”
“It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.”
“Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left.”
“Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.”
“Natural selection is just three factors - over-production, variation, and inheritance combined to produce adaptation to changing local environments. It's not a principle or progress; it's just a principle of local adaptation. You don't make better creatures in any cosmic sense; you make creatures that are better suited to the changing climates of their local habitats.”
“I feel there is a strong bond between artists and children and all other sacred fools.”

Source : "My Art Is Not an Answer - It Is a Question". Interview with Yuichi Konno, www.helnwein.com. September 6, 2003.

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