Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

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...

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...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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.

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.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

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...

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

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.

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

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

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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...