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Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion.

Umberto Eco

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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Essayist
Historian
Literary Critic
Literary Scholar
Medievalist
Novelist
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Semiotician
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Lissändria
Umberto Ecco
Umberto Eccounstino
Humberto Eco
Dedalus
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Two
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Make
Hundred
Among
Dimly
Laughing
Cliches
Move
Celebrating
Talking
Reunion
Moving
Cliche
Sense
Celebrate

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