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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
Jorge Luis Borges

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Poet Quotes
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Date of Birth:
August 24, 1899
Date of Death:
June 14, 1986
Nationality:
Argentinian
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