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Noli Me Tangere Quotes

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

"Mi Ultimo Adios". Poem by José Rizal, translated by Charles Derbyshire. Stanza 13, 1897.

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

Letter to the Young Women of Malolos (translated from Tagalog by Gregorio Zaide), February 22, 1889.

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

"'Los Viajes' ('Travels')". Essay by José Rizal, La Solidaridad, May 15, 1889.

Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am / And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.

1557 'Whoso List to Hunt'. The subject of the poem is thought to Be Anne Boleyn. See Bible 118:23.