The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
ALAN PATONSadness 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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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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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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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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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.
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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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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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