We lift the King's umbrella higher than men but it never pushes the sun in the face.
Quotes from Kongi's Harvest — Wole Soyinka
b. 1934
12 quotes
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
It is a mindless clown who dispenses thanks as a fowl scatters meal not caring where it falls.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
The ostrich also sports plumes but I've yet to see that wise bird leave the ground.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
If the young sapling bends, the old twig if it resists the wind, can only break.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
When a squirrel seeks sanctuary up the iroko tree the hunter's chase is ended.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
A King does not become a menial just because he puts down his crown to eat.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
The nude shanks of a king is not a sight for children - it will blind them.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
Age has shrunk the tortoise and the shell is full of air pockets.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
A shilling's vegetable must appease a halfpenny spice.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
Only a foolish child lets a father prostrate to him.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
When the dog hides a bone does he not throw up sand?
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wole Soyinka (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.