Way Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges

16 Way quotes by Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges’ take on the Way blends labyrinthine thought with literary flair. Across 16 excerpts you’ll find his paradoxical reflections that challenge conventional routes and invite deeper contemplation.

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I have no way of knowing whether the events that I am about to narrate are effects or causes.

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To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism.

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The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.

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To bless thine enemy is a good way to satisfy thy vanity.

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Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

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Time can't be measured in days the way money is measured in pesos and centavos, because all pesos are equal, while every…

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No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am…

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For me, beauty is a physical sensation, something we feel with our whole body. It is not the result of judgement. We…

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You can't measure time by days, the way you measure money by dollars and cents, because dollars are all the same while…

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Blindness has not been for me a total misfortune; it should not be seen in a pathetic way. It should be seen…

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The man who has learned that three plus one are four doesn't have to go through a proof of that assertion with…

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I, who have been so many men in vain, want to be one man, myself alone. From out of a whirlwind the…

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The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for…

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When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public…

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To say good-bye is to deny separation; it is to say Today we play at going our own ways, but we'll see…

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Days and nights passed over this despair of flesh, but one morning he awoke, looked (with calm now) at the blurred things…

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Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.

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The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify…

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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…

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The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"…

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“My memory, sir, is like a garbage disposal.”

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The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.

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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.

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