11 beautiful quotes by Umberto Eco. Click any quote to view, download and share it as an image.
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Umberto Eco
“We live for books.”
“Then why do you want to know?""Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of...
“How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull.”
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves wh...
“People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.”
“A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the libr...
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us....
“Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often ...
“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”
“I love the smell of book ink in the morning.”
“Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other book...
