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While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth.

Miguel de Unamuno

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Miguel de Unamuno
Age: 70 †
Born: 1866
Born: September 29
Died: 1936
Died: December 31
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Politician
University Teacher
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Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.
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Was man made for science, or was science made for man?
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Whenever a man talks he lies, and so far as he talks to himself - that is to say, so far as he thinks, knowing that he thinks - he lies to himself. The only truth in human life is that which is physiological. Speech - this thing that they call a social product - was made for lying.
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It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.
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