Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the hum…

Umberto Eco
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Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. ✨ Umberto Eco (2007). Foucault's Pendulum, p.113, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. ✨ Umberto Eco (2007). Foucault's Pendulum, p.113, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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