Quotes by Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Italian writer and critic

Lived from: 1932 - 2016

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: Italy

Born: 5 january 1932 Died: 19 february 2016

Quotes 41 till 42 of 42.

• When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.

  ― Umberto Eco
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• When your true enemies are too strong, you have to choose weaker enemies.

  The Name of the Rose (2014) 206

  ― Umberto Eco
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Subjects in these quotes:

• incapable
• remembers
• enemies
• strong
• choose
• weaker

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