Miguel de Unamuno
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Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorThe less one reads, the more harm what is read does.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorMadness, true madness, is sorely needed, to see if it cures us of this plague of common sense that has each of us drowning in our own.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorWe should be more suspicious of those who seek reasons for benefiting us than of those who benefit us without seeking reasons.
Miguel de Unamuno
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Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorA pedant is a stupid person adulterated by study.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorLanguage is not the wrapping of thought but thought itself.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorOnly he who knows is free, and the more one knows, the freer one is. Do not proclaim the freedom to fly, but give wings.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorLanguages, like religions, thrive on heresies.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorYou will conquer, but you will not convince. You will conquer because you have more than enough brute force; but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And to persuade, you need something that you lack: reason and right in the struggle.
Peter Alexander Ustinov
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Peter Alexander Ustinov
View AuthorTo get to the truth, the German adds, the French subtracts, and the English changes the subject.