“My neighbor's poverty makes me feel poor; my own does not.”

— Antonio Porchia

La pobreza ajena me basta para sentirme pobre; la mía no me basta.
Voces (1943)

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La pobreza ajena me basta para sentirme pobre; la mía no me basta.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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