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Quote by Umberto Eco
From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history. – Umberto Eco

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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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Fear
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Umberto Eco
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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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Truth
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While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. – Eric Alterman

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History

Its very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing… if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, youve got it half-made. I mean intellectually. – V. S. Naipaul

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History

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons. – Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke

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History

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. – Arthur Erickson

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History

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Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. – Ann Landers

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Television

We do not take humor seriously enough. – Konrad Lorenz

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Humor

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly. – Peter De Vries

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Anniversary

Prosperity or egalitarianism – you have to choose. I favor freedom – you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion. – Mario Vargas Llosa

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Equality