Quote by: Alan Paton

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? 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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Author Bio


  • NameAlan Paton
  • DescriptionSouth African writer and activist
  • AliasesAlan Patton; Alan Stewart Paton
  • BornJanuary 11, 1903
  • DiedApril 12, 1988
  • CountrySouth Africa
  • ProfessionWriter; Autobiographer
  • AwardsOrder Of Ikhamanga