My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Immortality Quotes

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them...

Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...