You may win your heart’s desire, but in the end you’re cheated of it by death.
JORGE LUIS BORGESArt is very mysterious. I wonder if you can really do any damage to art. I think that when we’re writing, something comes through or should come through, in spite of our theories. So theories are not really important.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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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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Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
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He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.
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Beyond my anxiety, beyond this writing, the universe waits, inexhaustible, inviting.
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A writer should have another lifetime to see if he’s appreciated.
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What will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose?
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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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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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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 as a way of life: one of the styles of living.
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Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.
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In our dreams (writes Coleridge) images represent the sensations we think they cause; we do not feel horror because we are threatened by a sphinx; we dream of a sphinx in order to explain the horror we feel.
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My books standing there on the shelf do not know that I have written them.
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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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If I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father’s library.
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Many of the characters are fools and they’re always playing tricks on me and treating me badly.
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