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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.

Alan Paton

And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Already Although Come Nothing Something
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
Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Build Create Future Generate Mistake Past Reconciliation
And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Endeavor God Leave Result Seek Sustenance Taught
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
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
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
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
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
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men

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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