Jorge Luis Borges Quotes About Enemies

Quotes about: Enemies

• I thought that a man can be an enemy of other men, of the moments of other men, but not of a country: not of fireflies, words, gardens, streams of water, sunsets.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Country, Sunset, Firefly

  Jorge Luis Borges (1964). “Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings”, p.23, New Directions Publishing

• Any time something is written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I should advise would-be enemies to send me their grievances beforehand, with full assurance that they will receive my every aid and support. I have even secretly longed to write, under a pen name, a merciless tirade against myself.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Art, Jobs, Writing

  "Autobiographical Notes". The New Yorker, September 11, 1970.

• To bless thine enemy is a good way to satisfy thy vanity.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Vanity, Enemy, Way

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