Jorge Luis Borges quote: But let no one imagine that we were mere ascetics. There is no more complex pleasure than thought, and it ...

But let no one imagine that we were mere ascetics. There is no more complex pleasure than thought, and it was to thought that we delivered ourselves over.

~ Jorge Luis Borges ~

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