Rainer Maria Rilke quote: Fame is nothing but the sum of all the misunderstandings that cluster around a new name…Wherever a human achievement becomes ...

Fame is nothing but the sum of all the misunderstandings that cluster around a new name…Wherever a human achievement becomes truly great, it seeks to hide its face in the lap of general, nameless greatness.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~

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