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

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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

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

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

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

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

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.

We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say...

We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say...

Where you find true friendship, You find true love.

Where you find true friendship, You find true love.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.