“Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him.”

— Antonio Porchia

El hombre habla de todo y habla de todo como si el conocimiento de todo estuviese todo en él.
Voces (1943)

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El hombre habla de todo y habla de todo como si el conocimiento de todo estuviese todo en él.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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