If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that yo…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty. ✨ Letters to a Young Poet. Book by Rainer Maria Rilke. Letter One (February 17, 1903), the 1993 translation by M. D. Herter Norton, 1929.
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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty. ✨ Letters to a Young Poet. Book by Rainer Maria Rilke. Letter One (February 17, 1903), the 1993 translation by M. D. Herter Norton, 1929.

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