I thought that a man can be an enemy of other men, of the moments of other men, but not of a country: not of fireflies, words, gardens, streams of water, sunsets.
Jorge Luis BorgesAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet, Writer
- Nationality: argentinian
- Born: August 24, 1899
- Died: June 14, 1986
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