Jorge Luis Borges Quote

As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as being an Argentine, and not a Chilean, and not an Uruguayan. I don't know really. All of those myths that we impose on ourselves — and they make for hatred, for war, for enmity — are very harmful. Well, I suppose in the long run, governments and countries will die out and we'll be just, well, cosmopolitans.


"A Conversation With Jorge Luis Borges", Artful Dodge (April 1980)


As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as being an...

As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as being an...

As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as being an...

As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as being an...