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A hundred men together are the hundredth part of a man.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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I can wait for you longer. Because you have arrived.
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The shadows: some hide, others reveal.
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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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Humanity does not know where to go because no one is waiting for it: not even God.
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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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Some things become such a part of us that we forget them.
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Not believing has a sickness which is believing a little.
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The less you think you are, the more you bear. And if you think you are nothing, you bear everything.
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You know so much about me and yet you don't understand me. To know is not to understand. We could know everything and still not understand anything.
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