Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
ALAN PATONWhat broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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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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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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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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