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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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the first quality of an honest man is contempt for religion, which would have us afraid of the most natural thing in the world, which is death and would have us hate the one beautiful thing destiny has given us, which is life.
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A sure sign of a lunatic is that sooner or later, he brings up the Templars.
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The real hero is always a hero by mistake he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
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Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.
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The truth is an anagram of an anagram.
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The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.
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