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When old people...

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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Source: No Longer At Ease, 1961.
-- Chinua Achebe, (Nov 16 1930-2013), Nigerian novelist; He described how imposed Western values led to social and psychological disorientation of traditional African society; Things Fall Apart, 1959.


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