Quote by Umberto Eco
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a ru

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

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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

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There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling. – Lou Henry Hoover

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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity. – Thomas John Watson, Sr.

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There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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