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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.

Alan Paton

Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
ALAN PATON

Behind Eat Fool Nothing Panel Polish Wood
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATON

Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
ALAN PATON

Christian Free Suffer Thought
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
ALAN PATON

Men Work
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
ALAN PATON

Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
ALAN PATON

Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATON

Die Know Live Struggle
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 PATON

Anything Destroy House Rebuild Something Strom
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
ALAN PATON

Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
ALAN PATON

Enough No One People Second
She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATON

Endeavor God Leave Result Seek Sustenance Taught
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATON

Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
And money is not something to go mad about …
ALAN PATON

Mad Money Something
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
ALAN PATON

Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness

Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.

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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.

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