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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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Things duplicate themselves in Tln; they also tend to grow vague or ‘sketchy,’ and to lose detail when they begin to be forgotten. The classic example is the doorway that continued to exist so long as a certain beggar frequented it, but which was lost to sight when he died. Sometimes a few birds, a horse, have saved the ruins of an amphitheater.' - Jorge Luis Borges, 'Tln, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. 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: "You who read me, are You sure of understanding my language?"
You who read me, are You sure of understanding my language? Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned,..."
Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. Jorge Luis Borges
Captivated by its discipline, humanity forgets and goes on forgetting that it is the discipline of chess players, not of angels. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "We have shared out, like thieves, the amazing treasures of..."
We have shared out, like thieves, the amazing treasures of days and nights. Jorge Luis Borges
He measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have..."
Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Tearing money is an impiety, like throwing away bread."
Tearing money is an impiety, like throwing away bread. 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: "He consorted with prostitutes and poets...and with persons..."
He consorted with prostitutes and poets...and with persons even worse. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "i walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't..."
i walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arrive Jorge Luis Borges
Whoever would undertake some atrocious enterprise should act as if it were already accomplished should impose upon himself a future as irrevocable as the past. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "We accept reality so readily - perhaps because we sense that..."
We accept reality so readily - perhaps because we sense that nothing is real. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "It may be that universal history is the history of the..."
It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors. Jorge Luis Borges

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