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> [ “Strange to relate, these simple folk were perfectly happy without money and without silver watches. Abject poverty was practically unknown; they had no orphanages because there were no nameless babies. \[3\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/strange-to-relate-these-simple-folk-were-perfectly-happy-without/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

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## More by Sol T. Plaatje

> [ “A hasty dog always burns his mouth. \[192\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/a-hasty-dog-always-burns-his-mouth-192/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “The viewpoint of the ruler is not always the viewpoint of the ruled. \[70\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/the-viewpoint-of-the-ruler-is-not-always-the-viewpoint-of-the-ruled-70/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “There’s always a return to the ruins, only to the womb there is no return. \[191\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/there-s-always-a-return-to-the-ruins-only-to-the-womb-there-is-no/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [“The forests shook with the awful thunder of the guns, which stirred a wild agitation among the denizens of the day. Terrified game of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/the-forests-shook-with-the-awful-thunder-of-the-guns-which-stirred-a/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “Never be led by a female lest thou fall over a precipice. \[57\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/never-be-led-by-a-female-lest-thou-fall-over-a-precipice-57/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “I am going to leave this place while the leaving is good. \[139\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/i-am-going-to-leave-this-place-while-the-leaving-is-good-139/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “Lightening fire is quenched by other fire. \[102\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/lightening-fire-is-quenched-by-other-fire-102/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [“He noticed further that no Boer ever interceded when a Hottentot was flogged; that in punishing Hottentots the Boers used dangerous weapons, the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/he-noticed-further-that-no-boer-ever-interceded-when-a-hottentot-was/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [“I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/i-am-black-but-comely-o-ye-daughters-of-jerusalem-as-the-tents-of/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “Man, Ra-Thaga, I always told you that you had a brown skin over a white heart, but you wouldn’t believe me. \[161\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/man-ra-thaga-i-always-told-you-that-you-had-a-brown-skin-over-a-white/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “So long as there are two men left on earth there will be war. \[169\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/so-long-as-there-are-two-men-left-on-earth-there-will-be-war-169/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [“That exactly is how my father and mother met and became man and wife. There were no home ceremonials, such as the seeking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/that-exactly-is-how-my-father-and-mother-met-and-became-man-and-wife/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “Let the enemy try conclusions with me and the vultures shall gorge themselves with his flesh and the ants shall fatten on his blood. \[137\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/let-the-enemy-try-conclusions-with-me-and-the-vultures-shall-gorge/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [“Umnandi would willingly have given up her beauty and stately mien and forgotten her skill in cookery, in return for the birth of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/umnandi-would-willingly-have-given-up-her-beauty-and-stately-mien-and/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

> [ “The quarry of two dogs is never too strong. \[106\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/the-quarry-of-two-dogs-is-never-too-strong-106/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

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