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Umberto Eco Quotes
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.
Umberto Eco



Biography
Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: Italian
Born: January 5, 1932

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Select Umberto Eco Quotations
But now 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.
Umberto Eco

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Umberto Eco

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
Umberto Eco

Translation is the art of failure.
Umberto Eco

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
Umberto Eco

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
Umberto Eco

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Words
Attempt, Believe, Come, Enigma, Had, Harmless, Interpret, Mad, Made, Our, Own, Terrible, Though, Truth, Underlying, Whole, World
Definitions
Attempt, Believe, Come, Enigma, Had, Harmless, Interpret, Mad, Made, Our, Own, Terrible, Though, Truth, Underlying, Whole, World
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