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Quote by Umberto Eco
But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma,

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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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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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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Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite. – James Broughton

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I know what I like in other actors: truth. Thats the best. It makes you say, OK, Ill go with you on this. – Daniel Craig

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When I tell any truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. – William Blake

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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