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title: "25 Believe Quotes By Umberto Eco"
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> [You’ll come back To me . . . It’s written in the stars, you see, you’ll come back. You’ll come back, it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/you-ll-come-back-to-me-it-s-written-in-the-stars-you-see-you-ll-come/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/followers-of-the-occult-believe-in-only-what-they-already-know-and-in/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/if-two-things-don-t-fit-but-you-believe-both-of-them-thinking-that/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [I don't know, maybe we're always looking for the right place, maybe it's within reach, but we don't recognize it. Maybe to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-don-t-know-maybe-we-re-always-looking-for-the-right-place-maybe-it/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [“Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/man-s-principle-trait-is-a-readiness-to-believe-anything-otherwise/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-wrote-a-novel-because-i-had-a-yen-to-do-it-i-believe-this-is/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-believe-that-what-we-become-depends-on-what-our-fathers-teach-us-at/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-believe-that-you-can-reach-the-point-where-there-is-no-longer-any/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [Thus we have on stage two men, each of whom knows nothing of what he believes the other knows, and to deceive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/thus-we-have-on-stage-two-men-each-of-whom-knows-nothing-of-what-he/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/at-most-recognizing-that-our-history-was-inspired-by-many-tales-we/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [“I believe all sin, love, glory are this: when you slide down the knotted sheets, escaping from Gestapo headquarters, and she hugs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-believe-all-sin-love-glory-are-this-when-you-slide-down-the-knotted/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at, but neither does he hate it. Therefore, laughing at evil means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/he-who-laughs-does-not-believe-in-what-he-laughs-at-but-neither-does/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [When we traded the results of our fantasies, it seemed to us-and rightly-that we had proceeded by unwarranted associations, by shortcuts so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/when-we-traded-the-results-of-our-fantasies-it-seemed-to-us-and/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [But why doesn't the Gospel ever say that Christ laughed?" I asked, for no good reason. "Is Jorge right?" "Legions of scholars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/but-why-doesn-t-the-gospel-ever-say-that-christ-laughed-i-asked-for/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [“And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition, you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable, because our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/and-when-someone-suggests-you-believe-in-a-proposition-you-must-first/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/what-did-i-really-think-fifteen-years-ago-a-nonbeliever-i-felt-guilty/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/to-escape-the-power-of-the-unknown-to-prove-to-yourself-that-you-don/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [And we, inhabitants of the great coral of the Cosmos, believe the atom (which still we cannot see) to be full matter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/and-we-inhabitants-of-the-great-coral-of-the-cosmos-believe-the-atom/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [“...we can only add to the world, where we believe it ends, more parts similar to those we already know (an expanse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/we-can-only-add-to-the-world-where-we-believe-it-ends-more-parts/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/but-now-i-have-come-to-believe-that-the-whole-world-is-an-enigma-a/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-have-a-good-memory-but-i-would-be-interested-in-memory-even-if-i/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [Not that the incredulous person doesn't believe in anything. It's just that he doesn't believe in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/not-that-the-incredulous-person-doesn-t-believe-in-anything-it-s-just/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/when-men-stop-believing-in-god-it-isn-t-that-they-then-believe-in/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/rem-tene-verba-sequentur-grasp-the-subject-and-the-words-will-follow/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/you-cannot-believe-what-you-are-saying-well-no-hardly-ever-but-the/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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## Other authors on Believe

## More by Umberto Eco

> [I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-think-that-at-a-certain-age-say-fifteen-or-sixteen-poetry-is-like/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/followers-of-the-occult-believe-in-only-what-they-already-know-and-in/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/this-has-nothing-to-do-with-realism-even-if-it-explains-also-realism/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-s-nothing-in-this-world-that-demands-more-caution-than-the/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/the-book-is-like-the-spoon-scissors-the-hammer-the-wheel-once/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/no-algorithm-exists-for-the-metaphor-nor-can-a-metaphor-be-produced/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/with-all-of-its-defects-the-global-market-makes-war-less-likely-even/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/the-fundamental-principle-that-governs-or-ought-to-govern-human/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/any-fact-becomes-important-when-it-s-connected-to-another/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/american-coffee-can-be-a-pale-solution-served-at-a-temperature-of-100/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/listening-doesn-t-mean-trying-to-understand-anything-however-trifling/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/they-say-that-a-cat-if-it-falls-from-a-window-and-hits-its-nose-can/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-magic-moments-involving-great-physical-fatigue-and-intense/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/all-poets-write-bad-poetry-bad-poets-publish-them-good-poets-burn-them/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

> [There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-four-kinds-of-people-in-this-world-cretins-fools-morons-and/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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