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Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"You don't tell a boy that he is a boy. You simply act like a man."

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"Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished."

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"A man learns with age, if he is lucky."

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"You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness."

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"For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress - to the future."

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"Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives."

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"Maturity is about ripeness, thoughtfulness, quality, balance, and wisdom."

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"When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things."

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"When do you become a man? When you become your own man. When other men trust you to do a man's work. Trust you with their name, their reputation, their thoughts. Trust you to watch their backs and trust you with their lives."

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"In the beginning the queen had been a courageous and fair-minded princess very much liked by all, but unfortunately she grew up and became a frightened adult, as adults tend to be. She started loving efficiency and avoiding conflict. As adults do."

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"Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child."

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