Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchiawas an Argentinian poet. He was born in Conflenti, Italy, but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina. He wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces, a book of aphorisms. It has since been translated into Italian and into English, French, and German. A very influential, yet extremely succinct writer, he has been a cult author for a number of renowned figures of contemporary literature and thought such as André Breton, Jorge Luis Borges, Roberto Juarroz...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 November 1886
CountryItaly
Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him.
God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.
That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing.
Certainties are arrived at only on foot.
We have a world for each one, but we do not have a world for all.
I can wait for you longer. Because you have arrived.
My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.
My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.
I believe that the soul consists of its sufferings. For the soul that cures its own sufferings dies.
Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free.
When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
No one is a light unto himself, not even the sun.