““One party went to far away Zimbabwe and returned with pack-oxen loaded with ivory, rhinoceros hides, lion skins and hog tusks. They reported finding a people whose women dug the mountain sides for nuggets and brittle stones, which they brought home to boil and produce a beautiful metal from which to mould bangles and ornaments of rare beauty. That was the Matebele’s first experience of gold smelting. [182]””
![“men are developed the same way gold is mined. When gold is mined, several tons of dirt must be moved to get an ounce of gold, but one doesn’t go into the mine looking for dirt, one goes in looking for gold, and the more he looks for the more he finds.”[9] Zig Ziglar used this story as an…” quote by Renee Swope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9df/renee-swope-10919_zig-ziglar_men-are-developed-the-same-way-gold-is-m_1819186.jpg)
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![“There’s always a return to the ruins, only to the womb there is no return. [191]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_there-s-always-a-return-to-the-ruins-onl_82100.jpg)
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![“Lightening fire is quenched by other fire. [102]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d2b/sol-t-plaatje-18648_fire_lightening-fire-is-quenched-by-other-fir_406251.jpg)
![“I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am black For the Sun hat hath looked upon me. My mother’s children were angry with me, They made me the keeper of the vineyards But my own vineyard have I not kept. [79]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee7/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_i-am-black-but-comely-o-ye-daughters-of_423807.jpg)
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