In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Language 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...

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...

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 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.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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

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

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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.

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 central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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

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

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...

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...