I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I may continue to live in some other manner after my physical death.... Or, as Hamlet wonders, what dreams will come…

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Death Quotes

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

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.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

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...

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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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 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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

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...

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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...