When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
ALAN PATONWhen the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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