Jorge Luis Borges: That history should have imitated history was already sufficiently marvellous; that history should imitate literature is

That history should have imitated history was already sufficiently marvellous; t — Jorge Luis Borges

That history should have imitated history was already sufficiently marvellous; that history should imitate literature is inconceivable....

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Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you ha — Jorge Luis Borges
I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia. — Jorge Luis Borges
Fame is a form—perhaps the worst form—of incomprehension. — Jorge Luis Borges
El original es infiel a la traducción. — Jorge Luis Borges
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. — Herman Melville
Style is the oblivion of all styles. — Jules Renard
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. — Friedrich Schiller
La modernité, c’est le transitoire, le fugitif, le contingent, la moitié de l’ar — Charles Baudelaire
Singula de nobis anni prædantur euntes. Each passing year robs us of some posses — Horace
Les vraies passions sont égoïstes. — Stendhal
A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. 'Tis go — Miguel de Cervantes
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. — Jane Austen