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A genius is someone who discovers that the stone that falls and the moon that doesn't fall represent one and the same phenomenon.

— Ernesto Sábato

Un genio es alguien que descubre que la piedra que cae y la luna que no cae representan un solo y mismo fenómeno.

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Ernesto Sábato, in On Heroes and Tombs [Sobre héroes y tumbas] (1961), Ch. X

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A genius is someone who discovers that the falling stone and the moon that falls represent one and the same phenomenon.

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