The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.


"Funes the Memorious" ["Funes El Memorioso"] (1944); also published in Labyrinths (1964) - Ficciones (1944)

Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or...