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Alan Paton

Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Endurable Inhumanity Make Man Only Way
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
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
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
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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Aloud Aye Bereaved Children Custom Dead Law Tribe Woman
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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Completely Love Man One Power Thing Wise
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Beloved Country Cry End Thing Yet
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Judge Law Make People
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
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
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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All Fall Much Now Silence Talk

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