Man is the measure of all things.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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

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

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

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...

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 central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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

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,...

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...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

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...

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.