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There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.
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 truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked.
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The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.
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He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at, but neither does he hate it. Therefore, laughing at evil means not preparing oneself to combat it, and laughing at good means denying the power through which good is self-propagating.
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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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In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
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I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake.
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