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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.

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine writer
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While money cannot buy happiness, the advantages of poverty have been greatly exaggerated.

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine writer
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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine writer
El Hacedor, “Poema de los Dones” (1960)

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

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine writer
Other Inquisitions,

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