Man is the measure of all things.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Mankind Quotes

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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...

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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 always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

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

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.

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

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

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...