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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes


An Argentine writer, essayist, and poet born in Buenos Aires.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986), best known as Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentine writer, essayist, and poet born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955 he was appointed director of the National Public Library (Biblioteca Nacional) and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1961 he came to international attention when he received the first International Publishers' Prize, the Prix Formentor. In 1971 he won the Jerusalem Prize.

Here are some famous quotes by Jorge Luis Borges.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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What you really value is what you miss not what you have.

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