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

Alan Paton

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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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
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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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
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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According Judge Justice Law Unjust
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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Achieve Always Found Love Morbid Preoccupation Save Shortcoming Society
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
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
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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Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through
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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Care Destroy Guard Jeep Men
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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Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
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
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Enough No One People Second
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Already Although Come Nothing Something
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
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 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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Down Eath Enjoy Fear Heart Land Lovely Man Pour Sun
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Beloved Country Cry End Thing Yet
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never

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