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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

Chinua Achebe

The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.
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Earth Existence Ideal Myself Place
There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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Deep Glorify Greatness Hunt Proverb Story
Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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Dance Finding Music Self Love Yourself
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
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
When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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Attention Comfortable Commitment Grave Risk Run
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Brother Death Fight Profit Stranger
If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
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Foot Hands Hold Myself Pretend
A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Children Milk Mom Pay
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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Fake Myself Religion Story Truth
One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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Angry Collapse Quit Reason Therapy Trouble
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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Direction Neighbor People Story
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy

A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

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