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Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quote

Insurance companies sell what might happen tomorrow. Historians sell what certainly happened yesterday.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Insurance companies sell what might happen tomorrow. Historians sell what certainly happened yesterday.

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