The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary fla…

Jorge Luis Borges
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (1964). Dreamtigers, p.34, University of Texas Press
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (1964). Dreamtigers, p.34, University of Texas Press

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