There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
ALAN PATONBut 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.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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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.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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.
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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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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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