The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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...

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...

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

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

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...