"The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it." ― Umberto Eco Topic(s): Society More From Umberto Eco "Translation is the art of failure." "From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history." "The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else." More In Society "Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don’t think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside."― Haruki Murakami "I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost."― Terry Pratchett "Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less."― John Major