“Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
To think, analyze and invent, he [Pierre Menard] also wrote me, “are not anomalous acts, but the normal respiration of the intelligence.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“The truth is that we all live by leaving behind; no doubt we all profoundly know that we are immortal and that… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“One of the schools of Tlön goes so far as to negate time; it reasons that the present is indefinite, that the… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“When it was proclaimed that the Library contained all books, the first impression was one of extravagant happiness. All men felt themselves… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“All our lives we postpone everything that can be postponed; perhaps we all have the certainty, deep inside, that we are immortal… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Taught by centuries of living, the republic of immortal men had achieved a perfection of tolerance, almost of disdain. They knew that… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image