Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
ALAN PATONThere is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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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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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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