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Sorrow is better than fear.

Alan Paton

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
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
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Endurable Inhumanity Make Man Only Way
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Break Heart Stop
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
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
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
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
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
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
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
For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer

Sorrow is better than fear.

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