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Rainer Maria Rilke
Age: 51 †
Born: 1875
Born: December 4
Died: 1926
Died: December 29
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René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
René Maria Cäsar Rilke
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Rainer Mariyah Rilḳeh
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Rene Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
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Young people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.
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Strangely, I heard a stranger say, I am with you.
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Our deepest fears are like dragons, guarding our deepest treasure.
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Joy is a marvelous increasing of what exists, a pure addition out of nothingness.
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One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't want to rob them of their candor and innocence.
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