--- title: "12 Borges Quotes By Jorge Luis Borges" description: "12 Borges quotes by Jorge Luis Borges. Plus more from Jorge Luis Borges and more Borges sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anythin_1300671.jpg" --- > [“It's enough that if I am rich in anything, it is in perplexities rather then in certaintes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anything-it-is-in-perplexities/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anythin_1300671.jpg) > [My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/my-advanced-age-has-taught-me-the-resignation-of-being-borges/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/jorge-luis-borges-275_age_my-advanced-age-has-taught-me-the-resign_2412880.jpg) > [“Si me quieren buscar, búsquenme en los libros. No los lean, por favor, si no obtienen placer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/si-me-quieren-buscar-b-squenme-en-los-libros-no-los-lean-por-favor-si/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/jorge-luis-borges-275_amor_si-me-quieren-buscar-b-squenme-en-los-li_508581.jpg) > [I might accept immortality, if I had to do it. But I would prefer - if there is any afterlife - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-might-accept-immortality-if-i-had-to-do-it-but-i-would-prefer-if/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/jorge-luis-borges-275_accepting_i-might-accept-immortality-if-i-had-to-d_1540230.jpg) > [“A mí no me gusta que la gente me haga confidencias, porque mientras me dicen cosas importantísimas pienso en otra cosa y…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/a-m-no-me-gusta-que-la-gente-me-haga-confidencias-porque-mientras-me/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_a-m-no-me-gusta-que-la-gente-me-haga-con_1086982.jpg) > [“The metaphysicians of Tlön are not looking for truth, nor even for an approximation of it; they are after a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-metaphysicians-of-tl-n-are-not-looking-for-truth-nor-even-for-an/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/jorge-luis-borges-275_amazement_the-metaphysicians-of-tl-n-are-not-looki_2269344.jpg) > [“Mirrors in metal, and the masked Mirror of mahogany that in its mist Of a red twilight hazes The face that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/mirrors-in-metal-and-the-masked-mirror-of-mahogany-that-in-its-mist/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_mirrors-in-metal-and-the-masked-mirror-o_2066603.jpg) > [“But I will relate what happened with absolute honesty; that, perhaps, will help me understand it. After all, when one confesses to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/but-i-will-relate-what-happened-with-absolute-honesty-that-perhaps/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/jorge-luis-borges-275_acting_but-i-will-relate-what-happened-with-abs_2848056.jpg) > [“Their books are also different. Works of fiction contain a single plot, with all its imaginable permutations. Those of a philosophical nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/their-books-are-also-different-works-of-fiction-contain-a-single-plot/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/jorge-luis-borges-275_antithesis_their-books-are-also-different-works-of_2534853.jpg) > [“The three of them knew it. She was Kafka’s mistress. Kafka had dreamt her. The three of them knew it. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-three-of-them-knew-it-she-was-kafka-s-mistress-kafka-had-dreamt/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-three-of-them-knew-it-she-was-kafka_2013651.jpg) > [ To think, analyze and invent, he \[Pierre Menard\] also wrote me, “are not anomalous acts, but the normal respiration of the intelligence.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/to-think-analyze-and-invent-he-pierre-menard-also-wrote-me-are-not/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jorge-luis-borges-275_amazement_to-think-analyze-and-invent-he-pierre-me_1728957.jpg) > [“The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things happen to. I walk through the streets of Buenos Aires and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-other-one-the-one-called-borges-is-the-one-things-happen-to-i/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-other-one-the-one-called-borges-is-t_2267643.jpg) ## More by Jorge Luis Borges > [“No hables a menos que puedas mejorar el silencio.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/no-hables-a-menos-que-puedas-mejorar-el-silencio/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-execution-was-set-for-the-29th-of-march-at-nine-in-the-morning/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/like-all-writers-he-measured-the-achievements-of-others-by-what-they/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/how-can-we-manage-to-illuminate-the-pathos-of-our-lives/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/loneliness-does-not-worry-me-life-is-difficult-enough-putting-up-with/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-fact-is-that-all-writers-create-their-precursors-their-work/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-don-t-think-we-re-capable-of-knowledge-but-i-like-to-keep-an-open/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-web-of-time-the-strands-of-which-approach-one-another-bifurcate/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [“My memory, sir, is like a garbage disposal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/my-memory-sir-is-like-a-garbage-disposal/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/when-i-write-i-do-it-urged-by-an-intimate-necessity-i-don-t-have-in/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-mind-was-dreaming-the-world-was-its-dream/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-foresee-that-man-will-resign-himself-each-day-to-new-abominations/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [“If I could live again - I will travel light, If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/if-i-could-live-again-i-will-travel-light-if-i-could-live-again-i-ll/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Every man should be capable of all ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/every-man-should-be-capable-of-all-ideas/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Writing is only a guided dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/writing-is-only-a-guided-dream/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borges/jorge-luis-borges/#itemlist", "name": "12 Borges Quotes By Jorge Luis Borges", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's enough that if I am rich in anything, it is in perplexities rather then in certaintes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anything-it-is-in-perplexities/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anythin_1300671.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anythin_1300671.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_it-s-enough-that-if-i-am-rich-in-anythin_1300671.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's enough that if I am rich in anything, it is in perplexities rather then in certaintes.” — Jorge Luis Borges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/my-advanced-age-has-taught-me-the-resignation-of-being-borges/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/jorge-luis-borges-275_age_my-advanced-age-has-taught-me-the-resign_2412880.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/jorge-luis-borges-275_age_my-advanced-age-has-taught-me-the-resign_2412880.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/jorge-luis-borges-275_age_my-advanced-age-has-taught-me-the-resign_2412880.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges.” — Jorge Luis Borges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Si me quieren buscar, búsquenme en los libros. 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A book which does not contain its counterbook is considered incomplete.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/their-books-are-also-different-works-of-fiction-contain-a-single-plot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/jorge-luis-borges-275_antithesis_their-books-are-also-different-works-of_2534853.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/jorge-luis-borges-275_antithesis_their-books-are-also-different-works-of_2534853.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/jorge-luis-borges-275_antithesis_their-books-are-also-different-works-of_2534853.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Their books are also different. 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I’ll stop dreaming myself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-three-of-them-knew-it-she-was-kafka-s-mistress-kafka-had-dreamt/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-three-of-them-knew-it-she-was-kafka_2013651.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-three-of-them-knew-it-she-was-kafka_2013651.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-three-of-them-knew-it-she-was-kafka_2013651.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The three of them knew it. She was Kafka’s mistress. Kafka had dreamt her. The three of them knew it. He was…” — Jorge Luis Borges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To think, analyze and invent, he [Pierre Menard] also wrote me, “are not anomalous acts, but the normal respiration of the intelligence. To glorify the occasional fulfillment of this function, to treasure ancient thoughts of others, to remember with incredulous amazement that the doctor universal is thought, is to confess our languor or barbarism. Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be.\" (Jorge Luis Borges, \"Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote, 1939)", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/to-think-analyze-and-invent-he-pierre-menard-also-wrote-me-are-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jorge-luis-borges-275_amazement_to-think-analyze-and-invent-he-pierre-me_1728957.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jorge-luis-borges-275_amazement_to-think-analyze-and-invent-he-pierre-me_1728957.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jorge-luis-borges-275_amazement_to-think-analyze-and-invent-he-pierre-me_1728957.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To think, analyze and invent, he [Pierre Menard] also wrote me, “are not anomalous acts, but the normal…” — Jorge Luis Borges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things happen to. I walk through the streets of Buenos Aires and stop for a moment, perhaps mechanically now, to look at the arch of an entrance hall and the grillwork on the gate. I know of Borges from the mail and see his name on a list of professors or in a biographical dictionary. I like hourglasses, maps, eighteenth-century typography, the taste of coffee and the prose of Stevenson; he shares these preferences, but in a vain way that turns them into the attributes of an actor. It would be an exaggeration to say that ours is a hostile relationship. I live, let myself go on living, so that Borges may contrive his literature, and this literature justifies me. It is no effort for me to confess that he has achieved some valid pages, but those pages cannot save me, perhaps because what is good belongs to no one, not even to him, but rather to the language and to tradition. Besides I am destined to perish, definitively, and only some instant of myself can survive in him. Little by little, I am giving over everything to him, though I am quite aware of his perverse custom of falsifying and magnifying things. Spinoza knew that all things long to persist in their being; the stone eternally wants to be a stone, and the tiger a tiger. I shall remain in Borges, not in myself (if it is true that I am someone), but I recognize myself less in his books than in many others or in the laborious strumming of a guitar. Years ago I tried to free myself from him and went from the mythologies of the suburbs to the games with time and infinity, but those games belong to Borges now and I shall have to imagine other things. Thus my life is a flight and I lose everything and everything belongs to oblivion, or to him. I do not know which of us has written this page.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-other-one-the-one-called-borges-is-the-one-things-happen-to-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-other-one-the-one-called-borges-is-t_2267643.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-other-one-the-one-called-borges-is-t_2267643.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/jorge-luis-borges-275_borges_the-other-one-the-one-called-borges-is-t_2267643.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things happen to. 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