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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

Chinua Achebe

I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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Development Finding Rural Thinking
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Death Ground Library Man Old
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
It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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Better Brave Coward Live Praise Worth
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
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
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
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 singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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Dance Singing World
Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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Hands Literature Ourselves Reality
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Experience Learning Philosophy Wisdom
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
When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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Man Watch Young

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