I think most people are more important than their opinions.
JORGE LUIS BORGESThe original is unfaithful to the translation.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all of these things into symbols, into music, into something which can last in man’s memory. That is our duty. If we don’t fulfill it, we feel unhappy.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest of a beloved isle, and the story of a god who allows himself to be crucified on Golgotha.
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Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.
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The central fact of my life has been the existence of words and the possibility of weaving those words into poetry.
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Everything touches everything.
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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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There’s no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.
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The dictionary is based on the hypothesis — obviously an unproven one — that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.
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Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.
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The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
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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 every day is different and maybe every hour as well.
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I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.
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It’s a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA.
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I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.
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