Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
ALAN PATONIt is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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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.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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.
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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 tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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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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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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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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