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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There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past. – 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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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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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. – Marcus Aurelius

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The truth is an ambition which is beyond us. – Peter Ustinov

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Im not a tough guy. Im just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you cant deal with it, too bad. – Kevin OLeary

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Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people. – Jean Claude Van Damme

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