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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.

Alan Paton

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Church Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet Understand Work
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.
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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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Anything Destroy House Rebuild Something Strom
Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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Aloud Aye Bereaved Children Custom Dead Law Tribe Woman
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Lovely Raed Run
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Men Work

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