“Throughout the earth there are ancient forms, forms incorruptible and eternal; any one of them could be the symbol I sought. A… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Solomon saith: There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, that all knowledge was but… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“This has happened and will happen again,' said Euphorbus. 'You are not lighting a pyre, you are lighting a labyrinth of flames.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“it is also said that it takes the shape of a man pointing to both heaven and earth, in order to show… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“On the back part of the step, toward the right, I saw a small iridescent sphere of almost unbearable brilliance. At first… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it. — 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
