“A woman is more beautiful than the world in which I live, and I close my eyes.”

— Paul Éluard

Une femme est plus belle que le monde où je vis, Et je ferme les yeux.
Cited: Leon-Gabriel Gros. "A miracol mostrare." Cahiers du Sud. (1953) p. 36.
Citation reported: Sara Sturm-Maddox. Petrarch's laurels. (1992). Penn State Press. p. 68.

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