Jorge Luis Borges1899–1986The quotations of
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator
1899–1986
23 quotes, most often on Time, Philosophy and Writing.
Myth is at the beginning of literature, and also at its end.
“Parable of Cervantes and Don Quixote” (January 1955)- “The Divine Comedy”, lecture (1977), in Seven Nights (1980)
- “Avatars of the Tortoise” (1939), collected in Discussion (1957 edition)
- Twenty-four Conversations with Borges, Including a Selection of Poems: Interviews by Roberto Alifano, 1981–1983 (1984)
- “Avatars of the Tortoise” (1939), collected in Discussion (1957 edition)
- “The Garden of Forking Paths”, Ficciones (1944)
- “Funes the Memorious” [“Funes El Memorioso”] (1944)
- “The Flower of Coleridge” (“La flor de Coleridge”), Other Inquisitions (1952)
