Can you call yourself a coward simply because the courage o… - Umberto Eco

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Can you call yourself a coward simply because the courage of others seems to you out of proportion to the triviality of the occasion? Thus wisdom creates cowards. And thus you miss Opportunity while spending your life on the lookout for it.

Umberto Eco

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Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian philosopher, semiotician, essayist, literary critic, and novelist, most famous for his novel The Name of the Rose (1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.

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Alternative Names: Umberto Ecco • Umberto Eccounstino • Humberto Eco • Dedalus • Umberto Eko • Oumperto Eko • Eco Umberto • U. Eco

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