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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.

Alan Paton

Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
ALAN PATON

Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
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
The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
ALAN PATON

Again Mend Thing Tragedy
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
ALAN PATON

Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
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.
ALAN PATON

Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Judge Law Make People
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATON

Die Know Live Struggle
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
ALAN PATON

Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
Sorrow is better than fear.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
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
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
ALAN PATON

Deep Good Here Something Touch

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