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Men Quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by greater and greater beings.
- Love is something difficult and it is more difficult than other things because in other conflicts nature herself enjoins men to collect themselves, to take…
- Und dasTotsein ist mu« hsam und voller Nachholn, dass man allm a« hlich ein wenig Ewigkeit spu« rt. And being dead is hard work and…
- There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would…
- Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see…
- sometimes a man stands up during supper and walks outdoors, and keeps on walking, because of a church that stands somewhere in the East. And…
- Perhaps the great renewal of the world will consist of this, that man and woman, freed of all confused feelings and desires, shall no longer…
- I would like to sing someone to sleep, to sit beside someone and be there. I would like to rock you and sing softly and…
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