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 PATONBehind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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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.
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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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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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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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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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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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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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