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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.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Self
Exist
Would
Takes
Everyone
Form
Part
Everything
Display
Without
Vanity
Nothing
Ridiculous

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