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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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Cruel
Kindness
Greater
Suffering
Littles
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