The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
ALAN PATONCry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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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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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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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 have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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