"Books are not made to be believed, but…" — Umberto Eco

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“What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.”

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“A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.”

“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else”

“When one loses a sense of fundamental dignity, one is appalled by vanity in others.”

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