There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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 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.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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

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

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.