Giacomo Leopardi book Zibaldone
1832. Passions. Translation by Tim Parks. [Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 9780300186338], p. 8
Zibaldone (1898)
“There are two clever tricks men know. One is to make much of nothing. The second is to make nothing of much.”
— Tanith Lee, book Vazkor, Son of Vazkor
Book One, Part II “The Warrior”, Chapter 2 (p. 49)
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)
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