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Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Men
Grieve
Grieving
Hardly
Exists
Grief
Doe

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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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We become aware of the void as we fill it.
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My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.
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Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
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I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.
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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.
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When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time.
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When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
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He who tells the truth says almost nothing.
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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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Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free.
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