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Jorge Luis Borges

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The quotes of Jorge Luis Borges have been shared, printed, and passed along for good reason. Jorge Luis Borges's observations on Religion are as sharp as their thoughts on Death, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Discover 12 of Jorge Luis Borges's most memorable quotes, ranging across Religion, Death, Truth, Time, and Poetry. One quote that captures their voice: "Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."

“Democracy is an abuse of statistics.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Government

All Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges

“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.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Truth

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Imagination

“Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Poetry

“Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Life

“Democracy is an abuse of statistics.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Government

“Life and death have been lacking in my life.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Death

“To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Religion

“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.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Death

“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.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Time

“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.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Future

“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

God