Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Miguel de Unamuno Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Spain
  • Born: Sep 29, 1864
  • Died: Dec 31, 1936

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, and Greek professor and later rector at the University of Salamanca.

His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life, and his most famous novel was Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion, a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story.

Man dies of cold, not of darkness. death

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant. science

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory. hope

Science is a cemetery of dead ideas. science

That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence. intelligence

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. faith

Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death. death & faith

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs. faith

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. good

A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age he dies of being a man. age & death

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. love & sad

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. love