Translation is the art of failure.
Umberto Eco quote Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.
Umberto Eco quote 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 quote A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
Umberto Eco quote Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
Umberto Eco quote 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 quote Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
Umberto Eco quote I am in favour of soccer passion as I am in favour of drag racing, of competition between motorcycles on the edge of a cliff, and of wild parachute jumping, mystical mountain climbing, crossing oceans in rubber dinghies, Russian roulette, and the use of narcotics.
Umberto Eco quote Biography
Italian semiologist and novelist, 1932+
