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Everything that exalts and expands consciousness is good, while that which depresses and diminishes it is evil.
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
Novelist
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Politician
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo
Miguel Unamuno
Good
Exalts
Diminishes
Expands
Diminish
Depressing
Consciousness
Evil
Everything
Depresses
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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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Isolation is the worst possible counselor.
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Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated.
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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
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My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread I'm selling yeast.
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And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.
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