“Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.”

El infierno y el paraíso me parecen desproporcionados. Los actos de los hombres no merecen tanto.
As quoted in Borges Verbal (1999) edited by Pilar Bravo and Mario Paoletti, p. 156

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El infierno y el paraíso me parecen desproporcionados. Los actos de los hombres no merecen tanto.

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Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator… 1899–1986

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