“Often behind a great man there is great pain.”
Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet
Spesso dietro un grande uomo c’è una grande sofferenza.
“Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.”
L’Abeille et l’architecte [The Bee and the Architect] (1980) Chapter 6
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