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Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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 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

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...

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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...

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...