“All that can’t be is almost always a reproach against what can be.”

— Antonio Porchia

Cuanto no puede ser, casi siempre es un reproche a cuanto puede ser.
Voces (1943)

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Cuanto no puede ser, casi siempre es un reproche a cuanto puede ser.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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