a.Huwag kang magtiwala sa 'di mo kakilala. (Never trust someone you don't know. / Never trust a stranger.)
b.Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan. (If you don't know how to look back to where you came from, you will not reach your destination.)
c.Walang mahirap na gawa 'pag dinaan sa tiyaga. (Nothing's hard to do if you pursue it through perseverance.)
d.Ang kaginhawaan ay nasa kasiyahan, at wala sa kasaganaan. (Well-being is in happiness and not in prosperity.)
e.Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang wika ay mahigit pa sa hayop at malansang isda. (A person who does not love his own language is worse than beast and
foul-smelling fish. 'By Jose Rizal')
f.Ang tunay na pag-ibig sa bayan ay nasa pawis ng gawa. (Genuine patriotism is in the sweat of action. 'By Onofre Pagsanghan')
In the beginning there was nothing and there was everything. The world
is made of mists, formless and shapeless things, and confusions
everywhere. From this confusion there grows two Gods, Tunkong Langit and
Alunsina. These two Gods marry and lived in the highest realm of
ethereal space. Tungkung Langit took the responsibility of writing
everything in the world, his job is to restore order, chaos and the
confusion around him, so everyday he left to do his job, and leave
Alunsina in their home. While Tungkung Langit is responsible,
Alunsina is lazy, jealous, and selfish. She likes to daydream or comb
her hair all day long. And because she was a jealous goddess, Alunsina
always sends the sea breeze to spy on Tungkung Langit. When the god
found this out, he was not pleased. There was a quarrel. Tungkung Langit
says that it is ungodly of her to be jealous. Alunsina resented it.
Tungkung Langit lost his temper; he divested his wife of her powers and
sends her away. No one knew where she went, she just disappeared.
Several days after, Tungkung Langit became very lonely. But he doesn't
know where to find her or where to start looking for her. He missed
Alunsina terribly, especially whenever he comes home after his work and
finds his house empty. One day, he thought of an idea, he made the
sea, the earth, and filled the ground with trees and flowers. He made
the earth and sea beautiful, so that when Alunsina would see it, she
would come home. But she didn't. So he took Alunsina's jewels and put it
in the sky, and still Alunsina did not came back. Up to this time,
Tungkung Langit still lives alone in his palace in the sky. When it
rains, it is said to be Tungkung Langit"s tears, still longing for the
return of his beloved Alunsina.
Philippine literature is the literature associated with the Philippines and includes the legends of prehistory, and the colonial legacy of the Philippines. Most of the notable literature of the Philippines was written during the Spanish period and the first half of the 20th century in Spanish language. Philippine literature is written in Spanish, English, Tagalog, and/or other native Philippine languages.On December 1, 1846, La Esperanza, the first daily newspaper, was published in the country. Other early newspapers were La Estrella (1847), Diario de Manila (1848) and Boletin Oficial de Filipinas (1852). The first provincial newspaper was El Eco de Vigan (1884), which was issued in Ilocos. In Cebu City "El Boletín de Cebú" (The Bulletin of Cebu), was published in 1890. On 1863, the Spanish government introduced a system of free public education that had an important effect on the ability of the population to read in Spanish and further in the rise of an educated class called the Ilustrado (meaning, well-informed). Spanish became the social language of urban places and the true lingua franca of the archipelago. A good number of Spanish newspapers were published until the end of the 1940s, the most influential of them being El Renacimiento, printed in Manila by members of the Guerrero de Ermita family. Some members of the ilustrado group, while residing or studying in Spain, decided to start a literary production in Spanish with the aim of serving the autonomy and/or independence projects. Members of this group included Pedro Alejandro Paterno, who wrote the novel Nínay (first novel written by a Filipino); the Philippine national hero, José Rizal, who wrote excellent poetry and two famous novels in Spanish: Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), and El Filibusterismo. A potent tool in promoting Filipino nationalism in Spanish was the foundation of La Solidaridad (more fondly called La Sol by the members of the propaganda movement) in 15 February 1885. With the help of this organ, Filipino national heroes like José Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, etc. were able to voice out their sentiments.
