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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.

Alan Paton

There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATON

Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Much Rob Too
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
ALAN PATON

Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
ALAN PATON

Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
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.
ALAN PATON

Christian Civilization Compound Fearful Grant Ideal Love Possession Practice Tragic Truth
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
ALAN PATON

According Judge Justice Law Unjust
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
ALAN PATON

Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
ALAN PATON

Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
ALAN PATON

Again Mend Thing Tragedy
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
ALAN PATON

Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATON

Die Know Live Struggle
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
ALAN PATON

Behind Eat Fool Nothing Panel Polish Wood
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
ALAN PATON

Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak

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