“ In this life it is not always best to be open-hearted, and the truths that mean most to us must always be uttered by halves. Dissimulation is not fraud. It is an effort not to show things as they are. And it is a difficult effort: when we excel, others must not recognize our excellence. ”
Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before (1994). copy citation
Author | Umberto Eco |
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Source | The Island of the Day Before |
Topic | fraud truth |
Date | 1994 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by William Weaver |
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