There comes a moment in your life when, no matter what you do, you bore everybody else. There is only one way to get back the lost prestige. Dying.
• Fuente: Diario de la Guerra del Cerdo, 1969.
• Fuente: Diario de la Guerra del Cerdo, 1969.
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Llega un momento en la vida en que, haga uno lo que haga, solamente aburre. Queda entonces una manera de recuperar el prestigio: morir.
— Adolfo Bioy Casares
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• Fuente: Diario de la Guerra del Cerdo, 1969." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Adolfo Bioy Casares
Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 – March 8, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer.
About Adolfo Bioy Casares
Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 – March 8, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer.
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