The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be pu…

Jorge Luis Borges
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The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges, Donald A. Yates, James East Irby (1964). Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, p.64, New Directions Publishing
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