“What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same.”

—  Antonio Porchia

Lo que dicen las palabras no dura. Duran las palabres. Porque las palabras son siempre las mismas y lo que dicen no es nunca lo mismo.
Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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