We're all alive, but we don't know why or what for; we're all searching for happiness; we're all leading lives that are different and yet the same.
• 6 July 1944 (A version)
• 6 July 1944 (A version)
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Wij leven allen, maar weten niet waarom en waarvoor, wij leven allen met het doel gelukkig te worden, we leven allen verschillend en toch gelijk.
• Variant translation: We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same.
— Anne Frank
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Wij leven allen, maar weten niet waarom en waarvoor, wij leven allen met het doel gelukkig te worden, we leven allen verschillend en toch gelijk.
• Variant translation: We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same." in the context of "We're all alive, but we don't know why or what for; we're all searching for happiness; we're all leading lives that are different and yet the same.
• 6 July 1944 (A version)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Frank" (Quotes, The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944): Version A composed from her 13th birthday on 12 June 1942, until 1 August 1944, just prior to her family's capture. Version B (Der Achterhuis) is a rewrite and edit of version A began on the 20 May 1944. https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/two-versions-annes-diary/ , 1944)
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About Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
About Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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