“Man lives measuring, and he’s the measure of nothing. Not even of himself.”
El hombre vive midiendo, y no es medida de nada. Ni de sí mismo.
Voces (1943)
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El hombre vive midiendo, y no es medida de nada. Ni de sí mismo.
Voces (1943)
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Antonio Porchia 276
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