The Europeans wanted gold and slaves, like everybody else; but at the same time they wanted statues put up to themselves as people who had done good things for the slaves.
The past has to be seen to be dead; or the past will kill. - V. S. Naipaul
The past has to be seen to be dead; or the past will kill.
- V. S. Naipaul
In England people are very proud of being very stupid. - V. S. Naipaul
In England people are very proud of being very stupid.
Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it coming. You just got to sit and watch and wait. - V. S. Naipaul
Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it coming. You just got to sit and watch and wait.
Small things start us in new ways of thinking - V. S. Naipaul
Small things start us in new ways of thinking
His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read. - V. S. Naipaul
His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read.
The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common. - V. S. Naipaul
The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common.
My life is short. I can't listen to banality. - V. S. Naipaul
My life is short. I can't listen to banality.
An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. - V. S. Naipaul
An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possi… - V. S. Naipaul
Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possi…
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