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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

Alan Paton

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
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
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
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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All Road Country Lead Pople
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Arrival Fear Journey Sorrow Terribly
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
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Enough No One People Second
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Lovely Raed Run
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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Bondage Come Drawn Emancipation Fear Love
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
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
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
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

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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