“If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.”

Si eres bueno con éste, con aquél dirán que eres bueno. Si eres bueno con todos, nadie dirá que eres bueno.
Voces (1943)

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Si eres bueno con éste, con aquél dirán que eres bueno. Si eres bueno con todos, nadie dirá que eres bueno.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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