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It’s a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

— Wilbur Smith Rage (1987)

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Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.

Something always dies when the lion feeds — and yet there is meat for those that follow him.

When the Lion Feeds (1964)

War is the game played by old men with the lives of the young.

River God (1993)

Beware of your most implacable enemy — yourself.

The Leopard Hunts in Darkness (1984)

We are all mere insects caught in the web that the gods spin for us.

Desert God (2014)

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