Young man Quote by Sol T. Plaatje
![“The Van Zyls, especially, and the others Boers at Khing, feeling outraged at De Villiers’s treatment of the Kaffir and his wife, regarded these acts of generosity as being grossly extravagant. Indeed, they began to doubt the sanity of the young man. [189]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/21d/sol-t-plaatje-18648_young-man_the-van-zyls-especially-and-the-others-b_2163326.jpg)
““The Van Zyls, especially, and the others Boers at Khing, feeling outraged at De Villiers’s treatment of the Kaffir and his wife, regarded these acts of generosity as being grossly extravagant. Indeed, they began to doubt the sanity of the young man. [189]””
![“During the few days she travelled with them, she had been charmed by Hannetjie’s disposition, which seemed to her a shining contrast to the general attitude of the other Boers. [188 – 189]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/39f/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_during-the-few-days-she-travelled-with-t_3179543.jpg)
![“A hasty dog always burns his mouth. [192]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/90f/sol-t-plaatje-18648_dog_a-hasty-dog-always-burns-his-mouth-192-5_5096.jpg)
![“The viewpoint of the ruler is not always the viewpoint of the ruled. [70]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/486/sol-t-plaatje-18648_perspective_the-viewpoint-of-the-ruler-is-not-always_32843.jpg)
![“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)
![“Never be led by a female lest thou fall over a precipice. [57]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/288/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_never-be-led-by-a-female-lest-thou-fall_365367.jpg)
![“I am going to leave this place while the leaving is good. [139]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a4/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_i-am-going-to-leave-this-place-while-the_385989.jpg)
![“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)
![“Man, Ra-Thaga, I always told you that you had a brown skin over a white heart, but you wouldn’t believe me. [161]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/421/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_man-ra-thaga-i-always-told-you-that-you_436652.jpg)
![“So long as there are two men left on earth there will be war. [169]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/268/sol-t-plaatje-18648_nature_so-long-as-there-are-two-men-left-on-ear_550273.jpg)
![“The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his studies, his reading, his professors, his associates, all were combined to keep from him any results of observation or reflection save those…” quote by Andrew Dickson White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d4/andrew-dickson-white-24254_associates_the-young-man-turgot-destined-for-an-ecc_3146.jpg)
![“[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice… Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without a conscience a man may never be said to grow old. This is an age of very old young men.” quote by Hesketh Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/076/hesketh-pearson-35291_age_d-on-t-grow-old-with-age-comes-caution-w_14010.jpg)
