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Quotation by Luigi Pirandello
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Maurizio, in The Pleasure of HonestySilia, in The Rules of the Gamethe Father, addressing the Manager, in Six Characters in Search of an Authorthe father addressing the step-daughter, in Six Characters in Search of an Authorthe father, in Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921)
A fact is like a sack—it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), Italian author, playwright. The father, in Six Characters in Search of an Author, act 1 (1921).
The notion of an empty bag, or sack is proverbial: Benjamin Franklin noted in Poor Richard's Almanac: "An empty bag cannot stand upright." (Jan. 1740).
The notion of an empty bag, or sack is proverbial: Benjamin Franklin noted in Poor Richard's Almanac: "An empty bag cannot stand upright." (Jan. 1740).
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