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Biography: Umberto Eco was renowned for his novel "The Name of the Rose." Born in... more Biography: Umberto Eco was renowned for his novel "The Name of the Rose." Born in 1932 in Italy, he was a prolific writer, philosopher, and semiotician. He authored numerous essays blending fiction with scholarly analysis. His works often explore the interplay between literature, culture, and semiotics. He passed away in 2016. less
"The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it."
Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Understanding, Humor, Insight
"When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything."
Tags: Philosophy, Human nature, Spirituality, Faith, Belief
"The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety but also of variety in unity."
Tags: Philosophy, Unity, Beauty, Balance, Harmony
"We are always pursued by our origins. "
Tags: Self-discovery, Identity, History, Legacy, Culture
"One can be a saint in an evil world, but it is quite difficult for an ordinary man to be honest in that way"
Tags: Ethics, Integrity, Morality, Honesty, Challenges
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great"
Tags: Love, Relationships, Strength, Passion, Romance
"If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot"
Tags: Philosophy, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Mindset, Perspective
"Translation is the art of failure"
Tags: Communication, Art, Failure, Challenges, Language
"The function of the scholar is to destroy myths"
Tags: Knowledge, Education, Critical thinking, Skepticism, Intellectual
"Sometimes you say things with a smiley face when you're really saying them with a frowny face"
Tags: Authenticity, Truth, Communication, Expression, Emotions
"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands"
Tags: Time, Vulnerability, Books, Care, Fragility
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth"
Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Human nature, Understanding, Truth
"Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry"
Tags: Learning, Knowledge, Education, Literature, Belief
"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else"
Tags: Human nature, Identity, Dreams, Honesty, Self-perception
"Libraries have always seemed to me like the richest places in the world"
Tags: Inspiration, Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge, Education
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