Feeling does not succeed in converting consolation into truth, nor does reason succeed in converting truth into consolation. (Miguel de Unamuno)

Feeling does not succeed in converting consolation into truth, nor does reason succeed in converting truth into consolation.

Miguel de Unamuno

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