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

Chinua Achebe

Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Apology Man Perspective Procrastination
A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Children Milk Mom Pay
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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Eat People Talk Yourself
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
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Bone Fall Myself Son
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Himself Man Worth
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
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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Beginning Education Land Learning Myself People
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Moral Obligation Power Thinking
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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Description Finding Myself Need Teaching
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
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Blame Dry Lips Man
Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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Break Oneself Wings

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

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