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
A hundred men together are the hundredth part of a man.
I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more.
What do others think they see?
Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.
He who holds me by a thread is not strong; the thread is strong.
Some things become such a part of us that we forget them.
He who does not know how to believe, should not know.
Everything is a little bit of darkness, even the light.
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.
The dream which is not fed with dream disappears.
I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator.
The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.
He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.