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

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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.

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.

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...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget...

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget...

Inanimate objects never live, yet at the same time live forever.

Inanimate objects never live, yet at the same time live forever.