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The Name of the Rose Quotes

The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must throw the ladder away, because you discover that, even if it was useful, it was meaningless.

Source:Seventh Day: Night
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Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose Quotes
  • Book: The Name of the Rose
  • Writer: Umberto Eco
  • Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
  • Published: 1980
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