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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.

Alan Paton

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.
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Christian Civilization Compound Fearful Grant Ideal Love Possession Practice Tragic Truth
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
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
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Break Heart Stop
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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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
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
Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Build Create Future Generate Mistake Past Reconciliation
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Beloved Child Country Cry Fear Inheritor Unborn
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Better Fear Sorrow
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
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
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well

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