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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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👁 Erasmus
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
― Desiderius Erasmus

👁 Amit Kalantri
“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

👁 Amit Kalantri
“All worries are less with wine.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society, the very same bitch that secretly regards them as subhuman.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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👁 Amit Kalantri
“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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👁 Amit Kalantri
“Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people will hate you for not loving them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

👁 Amit Kalantri
“Be a worthy worker and work will come.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

👁 Amit Kalantri
“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

👁 Amit Kalantri
“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

👁 Amit Kalantri
“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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👁 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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👁 Amit Kalantri
“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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