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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

Alan Paton

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Die Know Live Struggle
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Build Create Future Generate Mistake Past Reconciliation
For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Endeavor God Leave Result Seek Sustenance Taught
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Beloved Country Cry End Thing Yet
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Broken Thing Tragedy
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
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
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
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
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
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
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe

But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

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