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

Alan Paton

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
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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According Judge Justice Law Unjust
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.
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Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
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
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
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?
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Any Big Go Intention Judge Say Will Wound
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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Beloved Child Country Cry Fear Inheritor Unborn
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
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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Christian Civilization Compound Fearful Grant Ideal Love Possession Practice Tragic Truth
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
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
This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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Beauty Country Field Hedge Talk Time
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Ask Expedient Right Yourself
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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Behind Eat Fool Nothing Panel Polish Wood
Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Arrival Fear Journey Sorrow Terribly
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak

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