Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
ALAN PATONBut I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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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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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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