Literary Birthday – 24 July – Percy FitzPatrick

Percy FitzPatrick was born on 24 July 1862 and died on 24 January 1931.

Percy Fitzpatrick Quotes

1. Fortune is not in time or place or things; but, good or bad, in the man’s own self for him alone to find and prove.
2. Common sense is not cowardice.
3. The little child that lies hidden in us all reached out- as in the dark- for a hand to hold; and there was none.
4. It is well to pitch one’s expectations low, and so stave off disappointment.
5. Distant hills are always green, and the best gold further on.
6. How the little things that mark a new departure stamp themselves indelibly on the memory!

From: Jock of the Bushveld

Sir James Percy FitzPatrick was a South African author, politician, and mining financier. He wrote the classic children’s book, Jock of the Bushveld. He also wrote The Outspan: Tales of South Africa. As a politician, he defended British Imperial interests before and during the Anglo-Boer War. He is responsible for the creation of the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day.

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by Amanda Patterson
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