Quotes from Umberto Eco

Kitapl?k hem gerçeÄŸin hem de yan?lg?n?n kan?t?d?r.

In hanc utilitatem clementes angeli saepe figuras, characteres, formas et voces invenerunt proposueruntque nobis mortalibus et ignotas et stupendas nullius rei iuxta consuetum linguae usum significativas, sed per rationis nostrae summam admirationem in assiduam intelligibilium per-vestigationem, deinde in illorum ipsorum venerationem et amorem inductivas.

Pe de o parte, ne putem recunoaÈ™te pe noi înÈ™ine numai în prezenÈ›a Altuia, È™i pe acest fapt se sprijin? regulile de convieÈ›uire È™i înÈ›elegere. Dar mai degrab? îl g?sim insuportabil pe acest Altul, pentru c? într-o m?sur? oarecare nu este noi. AÈ™a c?, reducându-l la un duÈ™man, ne construim infernul nostru pe p?mânt.

Saul Bellow escribió una vez que, en una época de locura, creerse inmunes a la locura es una forma de locura.

I perceive that they are good and beautiful, that they exist according to their own rules of proportion, that they differ in genus and species from all other genera and species, that they are defined by their own number, that they are true to their order, that they seek their specific place according to their weight.

Ne naujienos kuria laikrašt?, o laikraštis kuria naujienas.

o ella lo sedujo a él, como Eloísa sedujo a Abelardo, ¡porque no olvides que a través de la mujer penetra el diablo en el corazón de los hombres!

Where have I read that at the end, when life, surface upon surface, has become completely encrusted with experience, you know everything, the secret, the power, and the glory, why you were born, why you are dying, and how it all could have been different? You are wise. But the greatest wisdom, at that moment, is knowing that your wisdom is too late. You understand everything when there is no longer anything to understand.

Was this not the manifestation of the most perfect love, such as he professed to his Lady, loving from afar, renouncing the pride of domination?

The mass media first convinced us that the imaginary was real, and now they are convincing us that the real is imaginary; and the more reality the TV screen shows us, the more cinematic our everyday world becomes. Until, as certain philosophers have insisted, we will think that we are alone in the world, and that everything else is the film that God or some evil spirit is projecting before our eyes.

The world's a nightmare, my love. I'd like to get off, but they tell me we can't, we're on an express train.

Don't build a castle of suspicions on one word.

But, for the so-called apocalyptics, McLuhan's conviction was translated into a tragic consequence: Liberated from the contents of communication, the addressee of the messages of the mass media receives only a global ideological lesson, the call to narcotic passiveness. When the mass media triumph, the human being dies.

As if intoxicated, I then enjoyed her presence in the things I saw, and, desiring her in them, with the sight of them I was sated.

Bu yüzden kötü bir ÅŸeye gülmek, onunla savaÅŸma isteÄŸi duymamak anlam?na gelir; iyi bir ÅŸeye gülmekse, iyiliÄŸin kendiliÄŸinden yay?lmas?n? saÄŸlayan gücü yads?mak demektir.

Se trafica más en Aviñón que en Florencia!

Impassioned in his gesticulation, his voice persuasive, his smile fascinating, his reasoning clear and consequential, he held his listeners fast for all the time he spoke. He

Ruh yaln?z gerçeÄŸi düÅŸünürken dingindir; iyi iÅŸlerden sevinç duyar; gerçeÄŸe ve iyi ÅŸeylereyse gülünmez. Ä°sa'n?n gülmeyiÅŸinin nedeni buydu iÅŸte. Gülme kuÅŸkunun k??k?rt?c?s?d?r.' 'Ama kimi zaman kuÅŸkulanmak doÄŸrudur.

Are there not moments, he asked William, when you would also do shameful things to get your hands on a book you have been seeking for years?

Siz gülmeye gülüyorsunuz, ama gene de gülüyorsunuz.

The crusades were carried out in virtuous bad faith.

Me respondió que, cuando los verdaderos enemigos son demasiado fuertes, hay que buscarse otros enemigos más débiles.

E entre as muitas certezas de que lamentamos a ausência, uma só está presente, e é o facto que todas as coisas nos apareçam como aparecem, e não é possível que não seja bem verdade que elas nos apareçam assim mesmo.

Basit insanlar kasapl?k hayvan gibidir; düÅŸmana sorun ç?karmaya yarad?klar? zaman kullan?l?rlar, art?k iÅŸe yaramaz olunca da kurban edilirler.