In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Language Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

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

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

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...

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 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.