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Alan Paton Quotes: Life has not taught me to expect nothing but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
         

Life has not taught me to expect nothing but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.


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Life has not taught me to expect nothing but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
         



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