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Umberto Eco, The Name Of The Rose
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Quotes
- “What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it...”
- “A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what t...”
- “A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the libra...”
- “The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the lessI value intelligence that wants to know and will t...”
- “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 ...”
- “Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves wha...”