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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Dios le ha dado mucho al hombre; pero el hombre quisiera algo del hombre.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

Mi pobreza no es total: falto yo.

For a thousand years I have been asking myself, "what will I do now?" And still I need not answer.

Desde hace mil años me pregunto: ¿qué haré ahora? Y aún no necesito responderme.

The little things are what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Las pequeñeces son lo eterno, y lo demás. todo lo demás, lo breve, lo muy breve

He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled with.

Quien ha visto vaciarse todo, casi sabe de qué se llena todo.

It is when I assent to nothing that I assent to all.

Cuando me conformo con nada es cuando me conformo de todo.

My truths do not last long in me, not as long as those that are not mine.

Mis verdades duran poco en mí: menos que las ajenas.

I will help you approach if you approach, and to keep away if you keep away.

Te ayudaré a venir si vienes y a no venir si no vienes.