Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Government Quotes

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

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...

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...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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

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