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I love you as you are, but do not tell me how that is.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.
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You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.
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Injury, when it is slight, upsets me when it is strong it calms me.
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The confession of one man humbles all.
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The shadows: some hide, others reveal.
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Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free.
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He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.
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Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good.
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Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing.
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I believe that the soul consists of its sufferings. For the soul that cures its own sufferings dies.
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The real it is well is something I say from the ground, having fallen.
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You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you.
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My bits of time play with eternity.
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Sometimes at night I light a lamp so as not to see.
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A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me.
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No one understands that you have given everything. You must give more.
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I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell I would not go alone.
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Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.
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If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.
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I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes.
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