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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

Chinua Achebe

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
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Different Kind Language Price Submission World
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
Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Myself Philosophy Teaching
Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Greatness Imagination Man Privilege Yourself
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Destroy Language Man Old Repair Talk Togetherness Young
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
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Confirm Failure Head People See
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
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
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
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
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
Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities.
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Moral Photograph Physical
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Blame Dry Lips Man

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

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