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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

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
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Enough No One People Second
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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All Road Country Lead Pople
But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
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Another Counsel Cry Help Neither Seek Something
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Broken Thing Tragedy
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
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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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Lovely Raed Run
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
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.
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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak

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