“How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull.”
Source: The Name of the Rose
Quotes from book
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
Original title
Il nome della rosa
(Italian, 1980)
The Name of the Rose is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327; an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. It was translated into English by William Weaver in 1983.
Temi, Adso, i profeti e coloro disposti a morire per la verità, ché di solito fan morire moltissimo con loro, spesso prima di loro, talvolta al posto loro.
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Source: The Name of the Rose (1980)
“How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by
the often perverse wisdom of man!”
Source: The Name of the Rose
“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”
Variant: Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”" -
Source: The Name of the Rose
“We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay.”
Source: The Name of the Rose
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.”
William of Baskerville
Source: The Name of the Rose (1980)
Context: Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...
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The Name of the Rose (1980)
The Name of the Rose (1980)
William of Baskerville
The Name of the Rose (1980)
The Name of the Rose (1980)
William of Baskerville http://books.google.com/books?id=XY2vXKsHbzIC&q="There+is+only+one+thing+that+arouses+animals+more+than+pleasure+and+that+is+pain+Under+torture+you+are+as+if+under+the+dominion+of+those+grasses+that+produce+visions+Everything+you+have+heard+told+everything+you+have+read+returns+to+your+mind+as+if+you+were+being+transported+not+toward+heaven+but+towards+helll+Under+torture+you+say+not+only+what+the+inquisitor+wants+but+also+what+you+imagine+might+please+him+because+a+bond+this+truly+diabolical+is+established+between+you+and+him"&pg=PA73#v=onepage
The Name of the Rose (1980)
