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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

Alan Paton

There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Lovely Raed Run
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
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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Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
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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Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Broken Thing Tragedy
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
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
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
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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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
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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Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap

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