The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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.

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,...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...