Author: Jorge Luis Borges

Quotes

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.

- Jorge Luis Borges

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

- Jorge Luis Borges

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

- Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

- Jorge Luis Borges

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.

- Jorge Luis Borges

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

- Jorge Luis Borges

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.

- Jorge Luis Borges

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

- Jorge Luis Borges

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

- Jorge Luis Borges

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