His reputation for bravery was for him tantamount to a reputation for stupidity

Tiekoro had always looked on Tiefolo as a boor who covered himself with gris-gris to track down animals that had never done him any harm; his reputation for bravery was for him tantamount to a reputation for stupidity. But Tiefolo was the eldest son of his father's younger brother, and so he ought to try to get along with him.

M. Condé, Segu (1984), tr. B. Bray (1987), 355