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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.

Alan Paton

And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Better Fear Sorrow
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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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
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
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
Sorrow is better than fear.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
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
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
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Judge Law Make People
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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All Road Country Lead Pople
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
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
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing

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