Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
CHINUA ACHEBEIf 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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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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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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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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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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There is no story that is not true.
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