Every great thinker is someone else's moron.

Every great thinker is someone else's moron.

Umberto Eco

Never affirm, always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart.

Never affirm, always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart.

Love is wiser than wisdom.

Love is wiser than wisdom.

What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?

What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

To survive, you must tell stories.

To survive, you must tell stories.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.

Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

My mind is wholly possessed by Love, who rules every part there of, in virtue of his all-embracing deity.

My mind is wholly possessed by Love, who rules every part there of, in virtue of his all-embracing deity.

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.

Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.

Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.