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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.

Alan Paton

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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About Alan Paton

Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land.