Europe's colonization of Africa had nothing to do with differences between European and African peoples. Guns, Germs And Steel
As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long before it, and then God knows what ideas may not stray into the mind... Why is it that even in moments of unthinking, careless gaiety a different and strange mood comes upon one? Dead Souls
Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. The Common Reader
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