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

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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 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...