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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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Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.
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I will help you approach if you approach, and to keep away if you keep away.
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If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.
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He who tells the truth says almost nothing.
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The fear of separation is all that unites.
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Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
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If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.
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He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.
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