A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.
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Una cosa, hasta no ser toda, es ruido, y todo, es silencio.
— Antonio Porchia
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Una cosa, hasta no ser toda, es ruido, y todo, es silencio." in the context of "A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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