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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

Alan Paton

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Ask Expedient Right Yourself
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Arrival Fear Journey Sorrow Terribly
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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Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
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.
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Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture

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