These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
ALAN PATONWho knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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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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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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