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 PATONThe Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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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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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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