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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools

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.
ALAN PATON

Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
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.
ALAN PATON

Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATON

Hill Lovely Raed Run
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.
ALAN PATON

Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
ALAN PATON

Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
ALAN PATON

According Judge Justice Law Unjust
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
ALAN PATON

Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
ALAN PATON

Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
ALAN PATON

Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
ALAN PATON

Down Eath Enjoy Fear Heart Land Lovely Man Pour Sun
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?
ALAN PATON

Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
ALAN PATON

Arrival Fear Journey Sorrow Terribly
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
ALAN PATON

Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
ALAN PATON

Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
ALAN PATON

All Fall Much Now Silence Talk

Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools

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