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Water wrestles great opponents,but has no hands,and tramples great rivals,but has no feet.It slips through our fingers,but can swallow entire towns.Wind also slips through our fingers,but can swallow entire cities.
Water wrestles great opponents,but has no hands,and tramples great rivals,but has no feet.It slips through our fingers,but can swallow entire towns.Wind also slips through our fingers,but can swallow entire cities.
Approximate author period: c. 2015 AD · contemporary
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- Matshona Dhliwayo
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- Approximate author period: c. 2015 AD · contemporary
Approximate 21st-century author period: in his dated first-person account of 15 June 2017, the author describes posting original quotations in 2015. This is an activity anchor, not the composition date of every attributed quotation. Source: https://medium.com/@matshonatdhliwayo/how-i-got-8-million-views-on-google-plus-without-spending-a-penny-a23254e79fbb (accessed 2026-10-08).
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