“Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.”
"Indolence of the Filipino" in La Solidaridad (1890)
José Protasio Mercado Rizal de Alejandro, Lam-co Alonso de la Rosa, y Realonda de Quintos – lekarz, filipiński bohater narodowy. Wikipedia
“Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.”
"Indolence of the Filipino" in La Solidaridad (1890)
"Mi Retiro", st.6 - translated by Nick Joaquin.
José Rizal's last words, quoted by Austin Coates, in Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr, Oxford University Press, (1968)
Oryginał: (la) Consummatum est