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"Reading . . . is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual."

― Jorge Luis Borges

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From Jorge Luis Borges

Poet

Added on 1/31/2026

About Jorge Luis Borges

Born: 1899-08-24

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