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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.
Jorge Luis Borges

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: Argentinian
Born: August 24, 1899
Died: June 14, 1986

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Life and death have been lacking in my life.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
Jorge Luis Borges

Life itself is a quotation.
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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.
Jorge Luis Borges

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
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Reality is not always probable, or likely.
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Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
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