Like every writer, he measured the virtues of other writers by their performance, and asked that they measure him by what he conjectured or planned. (Jorge Luis Borges)

Like every writer, he measured the virtues of other writers by their performance, and asked that they measure him by what he conjectured or planned.

Jorge Luis Borges

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