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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.

Alan Paton

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
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
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
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
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Broken Thing Tragedy
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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Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Die Know Live Struggle
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.
ALAN PATON

Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow

The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.

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