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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.

Alan Paton

because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
ALAN PATON

Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
ALAN PATON

Beautiful Face Land Question
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

Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
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

Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATON

Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
ALAN PATON

All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
ALAN PATON

Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
ALAN PATON

Another Counsel Cry Help Neither Seek Something
The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
ALAN PATON

Again Mend Thing Tragedy
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
ALAN PATON

According Judge Justice Law Unjust
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
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
ALAN PATON

Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATON

Begun Continue Finish One Something Thing
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Much Rob Too
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
ALAN PATON

Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
ALAN PATON

Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write

But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.

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