The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
More Quotes from Jorge Luis Borges:
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.Jorge Luis Borges
Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.
Jorge Luis Borges
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.
Jorge Luis Borges
Reality is not always probable, or likely.
Jorge Luis Borges
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.
Jorge Luis Borges
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Posterity QuotesI have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate.
Susannah McCorkle
You have more independent eyes scrutinizing the decision-making and financial statements of companies.
Steve Odland
In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Louise Brooks