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Quotes About Comprehension

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb. This
~ Umberto Eco
Librat nuk janë bërë për tu besuar, por për t'u hetuar. Kur lexojmë një libër nuk duhet të pyesim veten çfarë thotë, por çfarë nënkupton
~ Umberto Eco
Los libros no se han hecho para que creamos lo que dicen, sino para que los analicemos. Cuando cogemos un libro, no debemos preguntarnos qué dice, sino qué quiere decir
~ Umberto Eco
Los libros no se han hecho para que creamos en lo que dicen, sino para que los analicemos. Cuando tomamos un libro, no debemos preguntarnos qué dice, sino qué quiere decir.
~ Umberto Eco
sá»± h?c h?i không ch? bao g?m hi?u bi?t Ä'i?u th?y ph?i hay có th? làm, mà còn bao g?m c? sá»± hi?u bi?t Ä'i?u th?y s? có kh? n?ng làm nhưng có l? không nên.
~ Umberto Eco
And that will be full knowledge, the learning of the singular.
~ Umberto Eco
tüm dilleri konuÅŸtuÄŸunu, ama hiçbirini bilmediÄŸini anlad?m.
~ Umberto Eco
No one ever obliges us to know, Adso. We must, that is all, even if we comprehend imperfectly.
~ Umberto Eco
io devo sapere. Devo Dovete? Chi ve lo impone, ormai? Nessuno ci impone di sapere, Adso. Si deve, ecco tutto, anche a costo di capire male
~ Umberto Eco
Vero Lettore è chi capisce che il segreto di un testo è il suo stesso vuoto.
~ Umberto Eco
Her ÅŸeyin, hiçbir ÅŸey anlamayan birinin sözcükleri arac?l???yla anla??lmas?n? saÄŸlamak.
~ Umberto Eco
The understanding of signs is not a mere matter of recognition (of a stable equivalence); it is a matter of interpretation.
~ Umberto Eco
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
~ Umberto Eco
Binele unei c?rÅ£i const? în a fi citit?. O carte este f?cut? din semne, care vorbesc de alte semne, carele, la rândul lor, vorbesc despre lucruri. F?r? un ochi care s? le citeasc?, o carte poart? semne care nu produc concepte, ÅŸi deci mut?.
~ Umberto Eco
Sin unos ojos que lo lean, un libro contiene signos que no producen conceptos. Y por tanto, es mudo.
~ Umberto Eco
Todo se explica utilizando menor número de causas.
~ Umberto Eco
You have many advantages over him, but there's one advantage he has over you. He knows a lot more about you than you know about him. Also, he understands your ideas better than you understand his.
~ Upton Sinclair
but no, if she had been here, he would have been driven to take the side against her. This wasn't perversity, he would insist; he was trying to see the problem from all of its many sides, and argued against all persons who wanted to see only one side.
~ Upton Sinclair
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
~ Upton Sinclair
Nuestro honorable sargento dominaba todas las lenguas, excepto las extranjeras.
~ Vasily Grossman
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes
~ Victor Hugo
His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.
~ Victor Hugo
People do not read stupidities with impunity.
~ Victor Hugo
If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon as we comprehend it, it is implacable. One would say that it punishes you for comprehending it; but no, it rewards you for it; for it puts you into a hell where you feel God at your side.
~ Victor Hugo