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Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror.
Antonio Porchia
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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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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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