Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of ma…

Umberto Eco
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Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, How are you, you old scoundrel! clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel. ✨ Don't smile when you say that by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.
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