More from Jorge Luis Borges

  1. Like every writer, he measured the virtues of other writers by their performance, and asked that they measure him by what he conjectured or…
  2. Toward dawn, he dreamed that he was in hiding, in one of the naves of the Clementine Library. What are you looking for? a librarian wearing…
  3. The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part of the authorities to act s…
  4. In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour.…
  5. 'Maybe this crime belongs to the history of Jewish superstitions,' murmmured Lonnrot. 'Like Christianity,' the editor put in.
  6. On the floor, and hanging on to the bar, squatted an old man, immobile as an object. His years had reduced and polished him as water does a…
  7. 'It's possible, but not interesting,' Lonnrot answered. 'You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll …
  8. If Dahlmann was without hope, he was also without fear. As he crossed the threshold, he felt that to die in a knife fight, under the open s…

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