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A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Noise
Silence
Everything
Thing

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He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.
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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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Sometimes at night I light a lamp so as not to see.
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The shadows: some hide, others reveal.
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Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
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When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
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Injury, when it is slight, upsets me when it is strong it calms me.
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Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free.
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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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Every time I wake, I understand how easy it is to be nothing.
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Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.
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When everything is finished, the mornings are sad.
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.
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You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you.
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I believe that the soul consists of its sufferings. For the soul that cures its own sufferings dies.
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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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Beyond my body my veins are invisible.
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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 only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could!
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