Antonio Porchia quotes - page 10

One learns not to need by needing. (Antonio Porchia)
Let each carry their own guilt and there will be no guilty ones. View quote
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I talk thinking that I shouldn't talk: that is how I talk. View quote
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It is less degrading to fear than to be feared. View quote
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Your hurt is so great that it shouldn't hurt you. View quote
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Yes, I am preoccupied with myself. But I've forgotten what that means. View quote
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I wanted to reach what was right on the right paths. And so I began to live mistaken. View quote
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Victims take pity on victims. View quote
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The earth has what you raise off the earth. It has nothing more. View quote
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And if you became man, what else could you become? View quote
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In no one did I find who I should be like. And I stayed like that: like no one. (Antonio Porchia)
I know that you have nothing. That is why I ask you for everything. So that you will have everything. View quote
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It is easier to pick it up fallen than not to let it fall. Let it fall and you will pick it up. View quote
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Treat me as you should treat me, not as I should be treated. View quote
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I do not agree with you, but if you do not agree with yourself either, then I agree with you. View quote
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In order to reach some heights, I don't lower them: I raise them higher. View quote
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He always gave himself to everyone without following anyone. And in that world, where almost everyone follows everyone without giving themselves to anyone. View quote
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Nothing that is complete breathes. View quote
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I tell myself the real "it's fine” on the ground, having fallen. View quote
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My voice tells me: "That's how it all is.” And the echo of my voice tells me: "That's how you are.”. View quote
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How many, tired of lying, commit suicide into any truth. (Antonio Porchia)
The mystery brings peace to my eyes, not blindness. View quote
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The grieving for everyone and about everything has become a grieving for myself, to myself. And it is still growing. View quote
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I love for the sake of what I have loved, and what I have loved I would not go back to loving. View quote
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When I believe a stone is a stone and a cloud a cloud, I am in a state of unconsciousness. View quote
Antonio Porchia

Antonio Porchia

Occupation: Italian Poet
Born: November 13, 1885
Died: November 9, 1968
Quotes count: 280
Wikipedia: Antonio Porchia

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