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Quote by Umberto Eco
Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people la

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

Other quotes by Umberto Eco

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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Truth
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Umberto Eco
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In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. – Umberto Eco

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Success
Author
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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Humor
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Umberto Eco
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