Ser conservador es una forma de ser escéptico." - Meaning and context.">
Being conservative is a way of being skeptic.
 • Interview in Revista Extra (July 1976)

Ser conservador es una forma de ser escéptico.

— Jorge Luis Borges

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ser conservador es una forma de ser escéptico." in the context of "Being conservative is a way of being skeptic.
 • Interview in Revista Extra (July 1976)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jorge Luis Borges

About Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. Most famous in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a poet, critic, translator and man of letters.