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The Roseicrucians were everywhere, aided by the fact that they didn't exist.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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It is necessary to meditate early, and often, on the art of dying to succeed later in doing it properly just once.
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My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.
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