There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing. (Giacomo Leopardi)

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing.

Giacomo Leopardi

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