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He who tells the truth says almost nothing.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Tells
Says
Almost
Truth
Nothing

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Even the smallest of creatures carries the sun in its eyes.
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I love you as you are, but do not tell me how that is.
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The real it is well is something I say from the ground, having fallen.
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My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.
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The fear of separation is all that unites.
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We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.
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Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
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You know so much about me and yet you don't understand me. To know is not to understand. We could know everything and still not understand anything.
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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If a fanatic is willing to give his life for a cause, he's probably willing to give yours as well I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received
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When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time.
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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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Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.
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Some things become such a part of us that we forget them.
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Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing.
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Beyond my body my veins are invisible.
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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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Injury, when it is slight, upsets me when it is strong it calms me.
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