There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATONI am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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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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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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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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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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