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…

Quote by Umberto Eco

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In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who...

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who...

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they...

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology,...

The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology,...

Translation is the art of failure.

Translation is the art of failure.

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a...

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a...

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing...

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing...

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they...

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest...

Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not...

Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not...

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the...

Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the...