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I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes.
Antonio Porchia
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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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Chained
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Eyes
Freedom
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Earth
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Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good.
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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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Certainties are arrived at only on foot.
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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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