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Perhaps there was nothing to envy about them.

— Meshack Asare Sosu's Call (1997)

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We are all here and happy today because of one brave, little man –and his dog.

Sosu's Call (1997)

What good is a boy without a pair of good, strong legs?

Sosu's Call (1997)

He is just one of the boys of the small village, somewhere between the sea and the lagoon.

Sosu's Call (1997)

The usual lazy yawn of the sea turned into an angry howl. The coconut leaves flapped and rustled, swaying desperately in the wind.

Sosu's Call (1997)

But now, he could only think of many young children, the sick and the very old people and all animals that were all in serious danger.

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In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

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The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.

Democritus Freeman (1948)

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

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