Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges KBE; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986), was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language literature. His best-known books, Ficcionesand El Aleph, published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth24 August 1899
doubt
La duda es uno de los nombres de la inteligencia.
two eight six
No one is a poet from eight to twelve and from two to six. Whoever is a poet is one always, and continually assaulted by poetry.
inspirational forever labyrinth
The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line
soccer stupidity
Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.
men new-day soldier
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
stones sand ifs
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.
missing experience values
What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
single-mom men life-is
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
inspirational leadership communication
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
love life time
Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.
angel player discipline
Captivated by its discipline, humanity forgets and goes on forgetting that it is the discipline of chess players, not of angels.
book discovery library
The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.
reading book sleep
I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
reflection mirrors self-improvement
I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.