One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.
JORGE LUIS BORGESDemocracy is an abuse of statistics.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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I walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn’t expect to arrive.
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The original is unfaithful to the translation.
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The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful.
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In Spanish it is very difficult to make things flow, because words are over-long. But in English, you have light words.
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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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I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
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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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My books standing there on the shelf do not know that I have written them.
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There is an hour of the afternoon when the plain is on the verge of saying something. It never says, or perhaps it says it infinitely, or perhaps we do not understand it, or we understand it and it is untranslatable as music.
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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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No one is a poet from eight to twelve and from two to six. Whoever is a poet is one always, and continually assaulted by poetry.
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I have always come to life after coming to books.
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What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
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To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
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