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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Jorge Luis Borges quotes

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

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When you reach my age, you realize you couldn't have done things very much better or much worse than you did them in the first place. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I know what the Greeks do not know, incertitude."
I know what the Greeks do not know, incertitude. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "It's a shame that we have to choose between two such..."
It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA. Jorge Luis Borges
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. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I, that used to figure Paradise. In the guise of a library"
I, that used to figure Paradise. In the guise of a library Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: ".....a miracle has the right to impose conditions."
.....a miracle has the right to impose conditions. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?"
How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives? Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "In general, every country has the language it deserves."
In general, every country has the language it deserves. Jorge Luis Borges
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he..."
In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Such a pity that he [GK Chesterton] became a Catholic."
Such a pity that he [GK Chesterton] became a Catholic. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that..."
With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that he too was a mere appearance, dreamt by another. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only..."
My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Unappreciated because too many of his [Rudyard Kipling's]..."
Unappreciated because too many of his [Rudyard Kipling's] peers were socialists. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "The certainty that everything has already been written annuls..."
The certainty that everything has already been written annuls us, or renders us phantasmal. Jorge Luis Borges

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