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Jorge Luis Borges

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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Goodness Prayer Religious Secret
We have stopped believing in progress. What progress that is !
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Believe Progress Stop
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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Fantasy Hard Time Himself Man Opportunity Skills Story
What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
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Missing Value Yourself
A writer’s work is the product of laziness.
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Lazy Poet Work Writing
We accept reality so readily – perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.
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Acceptance Reality Thinking
To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
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Death Easy Live Religion
Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.
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Mindset Truth Willing
Only in the present do things happen.
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Inspirational Moments Present
Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.
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Action Deserve Heaven Hell Man Myself
The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.
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Expression Important Literature
When one confesses to an act, one ceases to be an actor in it and becomes its witness, becomes a man that observes and narrates it and no longer the man that performed it.
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Actor Confession Man Observation Oneself Performance
The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library. Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.
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Book Discover Fact Library Poetry
The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.
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Fiction Fight Funny Literature Story
To say good-bye is to deny separation; it is to say Today we play at going our own ways, but we’ll see each other tomorrow. Men invented farewells because they somehow knew themselves to be immortal, even while seeing themselves as contingent and ephemeral.
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Immortal Invention Known Man Play Separate Way
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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Choice Country Shame

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