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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.

Chinua Achebe

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
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
We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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Break Hurt Man Neck Seek
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Coward Fight Run Time War
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
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
There is no story that is not true.
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One Liner Story True
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
When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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Arm God Goodness Harvest Man Peace Strength
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Death Ground Library Man Old
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
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
A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Children Milk Mom Pay
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Change Learning Myself

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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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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