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“Man dies of cold, not of darkness.”

Quote by Miguel de Unamuno

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Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish novelist, philosopher, and academic. His works profoundly reflected the ideas of individualism and existentialism, and had a profound impact on 20th-century literature and philosophy. more

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