Notes from Wikiquote
It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors.
Variants
s: Perhaps universal history is the history of the diverse intonation of some metaphors.
More quotes by Jorge Luis Borges
Every man should be capable of all ideas and I understand that in the future this will be the case.
Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.
The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.
The minotaur more than justifies the existence of the labyrinth.
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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!
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