What will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose?
JORGE LUIS BORGESIf space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.
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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The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
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While we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another one.
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Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.
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We accept reality so readily – perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.
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Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d rather boast about the ones I’ve read.
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In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others.
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The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.
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A writer’s work is the product of laziness.
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Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.
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Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.
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The word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists.
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Time, which despoils castles, enriches verses.
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I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.
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