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Sorrow is better than fear.

Alan Paton

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
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Beloved Child Country Cry Fear Inheritor Unborn
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Already Although Come Nothing Something
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Better Fear Sorrow
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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All Road Country Lead Pople
Sorrow is better than fear.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Lovely Raed Run
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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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
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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Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Die Know Live Struggle
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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Begun Continue Finish One Something Thing
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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According Judge Justice Law Unjust
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
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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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
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 not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something

Sorrow is better than fear.

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