Jorge Luis Borges: The poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our industry today. Fortunes were smaller th

The poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our — Jorge Luis Borges

The poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our industry today. Fortunes were smaller then as well.

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