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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.

Alan Paton

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.
ALAN PATON

Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Much Rob Too
There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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Behind Eat Fool Nothing Panel Polish Wood
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
ALAN PATON

Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Enough No One People Second
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
ALAN PATON

Another Counsel Cry Help Neither Seek Something

But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.

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