“In order to reach some heights, I don’t lower them: I raise them higher.”

— Antonio Porchia

Para poder alcanzar ciertas alturas, no las bajo: las levanto más.
Voces (1943)

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Para poder alcanzar ciertas alturas, no las bajo: las levanto más.

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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“In order to reach some heights, I don’t lower them: I raise them higher.”

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