“One who searches for a larger good in his good, loses his good.”

— Antonio Porchia

Quien busca en su bien un bien mayor, pierde su bien.
Voces (1943)

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Quien busca en su bien un bien mayor, pierde su bien.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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