Jorge Luis Borges: Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.

Universal history is the history of a few metaphors. — Jorge Luis Borges

Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.

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There's no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one. — Jorge Luis Borges
He sospechado alguna vez que la única cosa sin misterio es la felicidad, porque — Jorge Luis Borges
When one confesses to an act, one ceases to be an actor in it and becomes its wi — Jorge Luis Borges
That one individual should awaken in another memories that belong to still a thi — Jorge Luis Borges
The Emperor has arrived at Fontainbleau. — Napoleon
History is only a record of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire
I cannot but bring to your mind those days when the whole of Eastern Asia, from — Rabindranath Tagore
In his book Modern Times , the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin — Friedrich Nietzsche
Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universalit — Swami Vivekananda
Amour est un étrange maître! Heureux qui peut ne le connaître Que par récit, lui — Jean de La Fontaine
Il est plus facile de paraître digne des emplois qu'on n'a pas que de ceux que l — François de La Rochefoucauld
The cherry orchard is now mine!... I bought the estate on which my grandfather a — Anton Chekhov