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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

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Der Schauende 1901

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Rainer Maria Rilke

German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)

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    el propósito de la vida es ser derrotado por cosas cada vez más grandes.

    is é cuspóir na beatha rudaí níos mó agus níos mó a ruaigeadh.

    जीवन का उद्देश्य अधिक से अधिक चीजों से पराजित होना है।

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