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Most Quotes by Umberto Eco
- But it has often happened that I have found the most seductive depictions of sin in the pages of those very men of incorruptible virtue…
- The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the…
- The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted…
- Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people…
- Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.
- If you want to become a man of letters and perhaps write some Histories one day, you must also lie and invent tales, otherwise your…
- the first quality of an honest man is contempt for religion, which would have us afraid of the most natural thing in the world, which…
- You die, but most of what you have accumulated will not be lost; you are leaving a message in a bottle.
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster