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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
«The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.»
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
(Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
deep down, immortal, know-all, live out, put off, sooner or later
«To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.»
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
(Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Immortality
| Keywords:
commonplaces, creatures, divined, divines, divining, immortals
«Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses and people. Shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face.»
«I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.»
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
(Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
abominations, bandit, bandits, foresee, resign
«Every writer ''creates'' his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.»
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
(Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
conception, modifies, modify, precursor, precursors
