Antonio Porchia Quotes

Italian Argentinian poet (1885–1968)

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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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I know what I have given you, I do not know what you have received.

Qué te he dado, lo sé. Qué has recibido, no lo sé.

No, I won’t come in. Because if I come in no one will be there.

No, no entro. Porque si entro no hay nadie.

Sometimes at night, I turn on the light so as not to see.

A veces, de noche, enciendo una luz, para no ver.

Some, in getting ahead of everyone, are winning themselves the desert.

Algunos, adelantándose a todos, van ganando el desierto.

En último instante, toda mi vida durará un instante.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

Se vive con la esperanza de llegar a ser un recuerdo.

Only the wound speaks its own word.

Habla con su propia palabra sólo la herida.

To be in company is not to be with someone, but to be in someone.

Estar en compañía no es estar con alguien, sino estar en alguien.