Words
are everyone's property and in vain
do they hide in dictionaries,
for there's always a rogue
who digs up the rarest
and most stinking truffles.


Satura (1962)

Eugenio Montale Quotes

Words are everyone's property and in vain do they hide in dictionaries, for there's always a rogue who digs up the rarest and most stinking truffles.

Words are everyone's property and in vain do they hide in dictionaries, for there's always a rogue who digs up the rarest and most stinking truffles.

Words are everyone's property and in vain do they hide in dictionaries, for there's always a rogue who digs up the rarest and most stinking truffles.

Words are everyone's property and in vain do they hide in dictionaries, for there's always a rogue who digs up the rarest and most stinking truffles.