But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
ALAN PATONNosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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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.
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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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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.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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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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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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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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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.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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