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Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Shortens
Distances
Straight
Following
Distance
Lines
Also
Life

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Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror.
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That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
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Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist.
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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My heaviness comes from the heights.
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