Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
ALAN PATONThese hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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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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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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