One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATONThe Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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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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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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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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