A new pain enters and the old pains of the household receive it with their silence, not with their death.
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Entra una nueva pena y las viejas penas de la casa la reciben calladas, no muertas.
— Antonio Porchia
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Antonio Porchia" (Voces (1943))
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About Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchia (13 November 1886 – 9 November 1968) was an Italian-born Argentine writer. His sole book Voces ("Voices") is a collection of aphorisms.
About Antonio Porchia
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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