“Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.”

—  Antonio Porchia

El hombre, cuando no se lamenta, casi no existe.
Voces (1943)

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El hombre, cuando no se lamenta, casi no existe.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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