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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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Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth. – Umberto Eco

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The comic is the perception of the opposite humor is the feeling of it. – Umberto Eco

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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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Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. – Robert Falcon Scott

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Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. – Hāfez

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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: this is not happening in my backyard. – Michelle Bachelet

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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. – Jack Nicholson

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Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. – Ouida

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The Next Computer: The hardware makes it a PC, the software makes it a workstation, the unit sales makes it a mainframe. – Anon.

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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. – Norman Borlaug

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