The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. — 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
No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“There is nothing very remarkable about being immortal; with the exception of mankind, all creatures are immortal, for they know nothing of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
To say good-bye is to deny separation; it is to say Today we play at going our own ways, but we'll see… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Someone A man worn down by time, a man who does not even expect death (the proofs of death are statistics and… — 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
