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All roads lead to Johannesburg.

Alan Paton

For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
ALAN PATON

Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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Behind Eat Fool Nothing Panel Polish Wood
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Capitulate Country Destroy Go Himself Nowhere Rather
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
ALAN PATON

Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
ALAN PATON

Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
ALAN PATON

Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
ALAN PATON

Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATON

Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
ALAN PATON

Bird Land Move Sing
The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
ALAN PATON

Down Eath Enjoy Fear Heart Land Lovely Man Pour Sun
The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
ALAN PATON

Endurable Inhumanity Make Man Only Way
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
ALAN PATON

Beauty Country Field Hedge Talk Time

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