“It is easier to pick it up fallen than not to let it fall. Let it fall and you will pick it up.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Es más fácil levantar la caída que no dejarla caer. Déjala caer y la levantarás.
Voces (1943)
“One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.”
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