“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 Achebe , book No Longer at Ease

Source: No Longer at Ease (1960), Chapter 9 (p. 87)

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Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic 1930–2013

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