Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their phantom condition; every act they execute may be their last; there is not a face that is not on the verge of dissolving like a…

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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 have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

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

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...

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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

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.

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.

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as...

People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as...