Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & 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.

Science is a cemetery of dead ideas. science

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

Man dies of cold, not of darkness. death

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

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

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. faith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 more wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

3 more wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other thoughts from Dave Barry

27 other thoughts from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill