Jorge Luis Borges

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure read more

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.

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

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

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the read more

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.