A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.
Chinua AchebeStorytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
Chinua AchebeIt always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.
Chinua AchebeThe lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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