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Quote by Alan Paton
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton

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