Quite definitely, Borges Quotes are among the very best Spanish Quotes. See how much the personality of the Argentinian writer comes across in this selection!
Siempre imaginé que el Paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca.
I always imagined Paradise to be some sort of library.
El verbo leer, como el verbo amar y el verbo soñar, no soporta 'el modo imperativo'.
The verb to read, like the verb to love and the verb to dream cannot be used in the imperative.
Quienes dicen que el arte no debe propagar doctrinas suelen referirse a doctrinas contrarias a las suyas.
Whoever says art should not be used to propagate doctrine usually means doctrine contrary to her own.
Al cabo de los años he observado que la belleza, como la felicidad, es frecuente. No pasa un día en que no estemos, un instante, en el paraíso.
Over the years I've noticed that the experience of beauty, as that of happiness, is frequent. No day goes by without our being, for an instant, in paradise.
La muerte es una vida vivida. La vida es una muerte que viene.
Death is life lived. Life is coming death.
Hay derrotas que tienen más dignidad que la victoria.
Some defeats imbue us with more dignity than victory.
Que otros se jacten de las páginas que han escrito, a mi me enorgullecen las que he leído.
Let others presume the pages they've written, I'm proud of the ones I've read.
La literatura no es otra cosa que un sueño dirigido.
Literature is nothing more than a directed dream.
Sólo aquello que se ha ido es lo que nos pertenece.
Only that which is gone truly belongs to us.
La poesía nace del dolor. La alegría es un fin en sí misma.
Poetry is born of pain. Joy is and end in itself.
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