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Jorge Luis Borges

I suppose identity depends on memory. And if my memory is blotted out, then I wonder if I exist – I mean, if I am the same person. Of course, I don’t have to solve that problem. It’s up to God, if any.
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Existence Identity Memories Problem Solution
The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.
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Future God Occur Weapon
Israelites, Christians and Muslims profess immortality, but the veneration they render this world proves they believe only in it, since they destine all other worlds, in infinite number, to be its reward or punishment.
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Believe Destiny Punishment Religion Reward Secularism World
The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful.
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Art Combination Infinite Possible
Everything touches everything.
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Connection One Liner Touch
The dictionary is based on the hypothesis — obviously an unproven one — that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.
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Dictionary Language Symptoms
The man who acquires an encyclopedia does not thereby acquire every line, every paragraph, every page, and every illustration; he acquires the possibility of becoming familiar with one and another of those things.
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Book Himself Knowledge Man Possibility
Every man should be capable of all ideas.
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Capable Ideas Man
Perhaps the apparent favor of the universe is no more than the crocodile grin of a Doberman breathing hard and about to be hungry?
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Breathe Hungry Universe
In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by any virtues: abuse of confidence and informing.
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Adultery Inform Sacrifice Tenderness University
Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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Allow Forgiveness Myself See Sin
The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
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Dreams Mindset Perspective World
A poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.
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Discover Invention Poet
Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.
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Popular Sports Stupidity
Reality favors symmetry.
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Reality Symmetry
Creativity is suspended between memory and forgetting.
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Creativity Forget Memories

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