There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

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 be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

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...

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...