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 PATONLet him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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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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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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