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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.

Alan Paton

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 I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
ALAN PATON

Any Big Go Intention Judge Say Will Wound
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
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
ALAN PATON

Being Came Creator Ground Holy
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
ALAN PATON

Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
ALAN PATON

All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
ALAN PATON

Care Destroy Guard Jeep Men
The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
ALAN PATON

Again Mend Thing Tragedy
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATON

Broken Thing Tragedy
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
ALAN PATON

Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih 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
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATON

Die Know Live Struggle
Sorrow is better than fear.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
And money is not something to go mad about …
ALAN PATON

Mad Money Something
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
ALAN PATON

Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very

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