“He discovered or described hundreds of afflictions and cures, and by testing remedies he concluded “Laughter is the best medicine””

— Eduardo Galeano

As quoted in Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone (2009), p. 64

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Uruguayan writer 1940–2015

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