Antonio Porchia

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#given #god #great #great deal #like

He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#does #fill #his #phantoms #remains

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#finds #goes #himself #level #step

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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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. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#good #say #will #you

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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My poverty is not complete: it lacks me. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#lacks #me #poverty

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#any #departure #lead #out #point