In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“They seek neither truth nor likelihood; they seek astonishment. They think metaphysics is a branch of the literature of fantasy” — 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
“The metaphysicians of Tlön are not looking for truth, nor even for an approximation of it; they are after a kind of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“There are objects made up of two sense elements, one visual, the other auditory—the colour of a sunrise and the distant call… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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
“But I will relate what happened with absolute honesty; that, perhaps, will help me understand it. After all, when one confesses to… — 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
