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The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

Chinua Achebe

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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Cook Greatness Home Known Mom Neighbor
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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Damage Repair Time
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Beginning Identify People Removal Situation Story Yourself
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
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Motivational Shine Stand Sun
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Change Mistake Myself Perfection Script See Simplicity
There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Deep Glorify Greatness Hunt Proverb Story
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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Art Conversation Eat Word
Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Beyond Blind Cattle Ourselves Warrior
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

Deal Fools Goodness Known Man Peace Thinking Yourself
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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Break Children Live Prayer Wing
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

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

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