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So long as there are two men left on earth there will be war.

— Sol Plaatje Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life a Hundred Years Ago (1930)

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There’s always a return to the ruins, only to the womb there is no return.

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Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life a Hundred Years Ago (1930)

Never be led by a female lest thou fall over a precipice.

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A hasty dog always burns his mouth.

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