The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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.

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 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

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...

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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...

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,...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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 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.

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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