My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Immortality Quotes

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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

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

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.

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

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

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

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

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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...