“Man is weak and when he makes strength his profession he is even weaker.”

— Antonio Porchia

El hombre es débil y cuando ejerce la profesíon de fuerte es más débil.
Voces (1943)

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El hombre es débil y cuando ejerce la profesíon de fuerte es más débil.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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