These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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