There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one wh…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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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 know them as a matter of course.
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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 know them as a matter of course.

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