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.
ALAN PATONThis is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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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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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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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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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.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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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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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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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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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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