Antonio Porchia Quotes

Italian Argentinian poet (1885–1968)

Antonio Porchia (13 November 1886 – 9 November 1968) was an Italian-born Argentine writer. His sole book Voces ("Voices") is a collection of aphorisms.

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Si no has de cambiar de ruta, ¿por qué has de cambiar de guía?

Not everyone does evil, but everyone stands accused.

El mal no lo hacen todos, pero acusa a todos.

Pain doesn’t follow us; it walks up front.

El dolor no nos sigue: camina adelante.

Everything had been stripped of deceptions, that time. And that time I was afraid of everything.

Todo se había quedado sin engaño, esa vez. Y esa vez tuve miedo de todo.

Yes, I am preoccupied with myself. But I've forgotten what that means.

Sí, me ocupo de mí, pero he olvidado qué significa ocuparme de mí.

I have come one step away from everything and here I stay, far from everything, one step away.

He llegado a un paso de todo. Y aquí me quedo, lejos de todo, un paso.

A new pain enters and the old pains of the household receive it with their silence, not with their death.

Entra una nueva pena y las viejas penas de la casa la reciben calladas, no muertas.

All I know does not even help me to know it.

Cuanto sé no me sirve ni para saberlo.