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

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

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...

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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.

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.

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.