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Sometimes at night I light a lamp so as not to see.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Lamps
Night
Light
Self
Sometimes
Lamp

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