“Sometimes I believe that evil is everything, and that good is only a beautiful desire for evil.”

A veces creo el mal es todo y que el bien es sólo un bello deseo del mal.
Voces (1943)

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A veces creo el mal es todo y que el bien es sólo un bello deseo del mal.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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