But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
ALAN PATONWe do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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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.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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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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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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