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“Me parece ridículo el monopolio que los castellanos de Castilla y países asimilados quieren ejercer sobre la lengua literaria, como si fuese un feudo de heredad. Ni aun la anarquía lingüística debe asustarnos; cada cual procurará que le entiendan, por la cuenta que le tiene.”

Quote by Miguel de Unamuno

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La Dignidad Humana

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Miguel de Unamuno
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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