R. M. Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke – Io temo tanto la parola degli uomini / I am so afraid of people’s words

Fernand Leger (1881-1955), Woman with flower I am so afraid of people’s words. They describe so distinctly everything:And this they call dog and that they call house,here the start and there the end.I worry about their mockery with words,they know everything, what will be, what was;no mountain is still miraculous;and their house and yard lead …

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Rainer Maria Rilke – Poichè del terribile il bello / For beauty is nothing

Kinuko Y. Craft, Psyche’s Curiosity, 2000 ca For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Poichè del terribile il bello non è che il principio, che ancora noi sopportiamo e lo ammiriamo così, ché quieto …

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