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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

Alan Paton

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
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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Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
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
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
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
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
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Country Creation Great Healer Make Taught Use Wound
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
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Much Rob Too

For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

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