Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Government Quotes

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of...

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of...

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...

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 original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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

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

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

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...

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.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.