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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

Chinua Achebe

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Death Ground Library Man Old
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Motivational Shine Stand Sun
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Character Ethnicity Greatness Man Pay Respect
We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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Break Children Live Prayer Wing
It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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Apparent Important Ourselves Quite Value
And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
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Experience Fiction Subject Theory
The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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Deep Lizard Philosophy Praise
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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Afraid Artist Question Solution Ultimate View
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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Animal Frog Known Life See Yourself
As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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Oneself Peace People Understand
Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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Art Creation Effort Himself Reality
Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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Dance Hurry Lame Pleasure
The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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Beginning Himself Man Pay Visit

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