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If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.

If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.
– Matshona Dhliwayo

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