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. (Rainer Maria Rilke)

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.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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