Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
ALAN PATONBut sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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