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Alan Paton

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
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
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
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
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Break Heart Stop
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
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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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
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
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
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
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
because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Men Work

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