Argentinian - Poet | August 24, 1899 - June 14, 1986
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 Borges
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Reality is not always probable, or likely.
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Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.
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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.
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Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.
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The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.
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The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
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