Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of absolute nonsense.

In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all va

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This quote by Jorge Luis Borges suggests that the Library in question contains every possible combination of words and phrases, using the limited number of available symbols. However, despite this vastness, the Library does not contain any meaningless or nonsensical compositions. It implies that even the seemingly random arrangements of words contain some essence or meaning within them.

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