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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

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Argentinian Poet, Writer August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986

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Distance and antiquity (the emphases of space and time) pull on our hearts. If we are already sobered by the thought that men lived two thousand five hundred years ago, how could we not be moved to know that they made verses, were spectators of the world, that they sheltered in light, lasting words something of their ponderous, fleeting life, words that fulfill a long destiny? Jorge Luis Borges
Let not the rash marble riskgarrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence, in many words recallingname, renown, events, birthplace. All those glass jewels are best left in the dark. Let not the marble say what men do not. The essentials of the dead man's life--the trembling hope, the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight--will abide forever. Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continuewhen it is the lives of others that will make that happen, as you yourself are the mirror... Jorge Luis Borges
I thought that a man can be an enemy of other men, of the moments of other men, but not of a country: not of fireflies, words, gardens, streams of water, sunsets. Jorge Luis Borges
No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist. Jorge Luis Borges
To say good-bye is to deny separation; it is to say Today we play at going our own ways, but we'll see each other tomorrow. Men invented farewells because they somehow knew themselves to be immortal, even while seeing themselves as contingent and ephemeral. Jorge Luis Borges
Whatever one man does, it is as if all men did it. For that reason, it is not unfair that one disobedience in a garden should contaminate all humanity; for that reason it is not unjust that the crucifixion of a single Jew should be sufficient to save it. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "God is more generous than men and will measure them by a..."
God is more generous than men and will measure them by a different standard. Jorge Luis Borges
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. Jorge Luis Borges
Then I reflect that all things happen, happen to one, precisely now. Century follows century, and things happen only in the present. There are countless men in the air, on land and at sea, and all that really happens happens to me. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "The machinery of the world is far too complex for the..."
The machinery of the world is far too complex for the simplicity of men. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "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. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of..."
Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "All men who repeat a line from Shakespeare are William..."
All men who repeat a line from Shakespeare are William Shakespeare Jorge Luis Borges

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