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Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.
Miguel de Unamuno
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Miguel de Unamuno
Age: 70 †
Born: 1866
Born: September 29
Died: 1936
Died: December 31
Essayist
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Man habitually sacrifices his life to his purse, but he sacrifices his purse to his vanity.
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From the subterranean ore of memory we extract the jeweled visions of our future.
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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
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What is certain is that for thinking believers to-day, faith is, before all and above all, wishing that God may exist.
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Hell has been conceived as a police institution, to inspire fear in this world. But the worst of it all is that it no longer frightens anyone, and therefore it will have to be closed down.
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Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.
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