When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

There is no story that is not true.

Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache

If I say look unless you change your leaders I will not give you any aid, you are likely to have people who say: "To the hell with you, we will struggle on the way but we will do it". Therefore what I am saying is - and I do not whether it is coming through clearly - there has to be a lot of care exercised by the people who are in the position to give or withhold assistance: if they start throwing their weight around, using extreme language, seeming to order other nations to do their bidding, then there will not be a good result, it will not be done.

A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.

When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.

As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.