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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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Living the same sorrows three times was a suffering, but it was a suffering to relive even the same joys. The joy of life is born from feeling, whether it be joy or grief, always of short duration, and woe to those who know they will enjoy eternal bliss.
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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Beauty has never been absolute and immutable but has taken on different aspects depending on the historical period and the country
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When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.
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