# El Filibusterismo

- Author: [Jose Rizal](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal.md)
- Quotes: 8
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal/el-filibusterismo

## Quotes

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal/el-filibusterismo/the-glory-of-saving.md)

> The school of suffering tempers the spirit, the arena of combat strengthens the soul.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal/el-filibusterismo/the-school-of-suffering.md)

> De nobis, post haec, tristis sententia fertur!After all this, you still speak ill of us!

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> It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted in the field without becoming part of an edifice.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal/el-filibusterismo/it-is-a-useless.md)

> There are no tyrants where there are no slaves.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal/el-filibusterismo/there-are-no-tyrants.md)

> Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-rizal/el-filibusterismo/why-independence-if-the.md)

> You must shatter the vase to spread its perfume, and smite the rock to get the spark.

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> Pure and spotless must the victim be if the sacrifice is to be acceptable.

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