At the Universidad de Salamanca, where the Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, and classicist Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo served as rector
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Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. \u00a0Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMiguel de Unamuno (d. 1936)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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