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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

Chinua Achebe

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
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
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
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Experience Learning Philosophy Wisdom
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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Growth Life Old People Thinking
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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Direction Neighbor People Story
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
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
Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
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Audience Beginning Factor Praying Writing
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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Change Mistake Myself Perfection Script See Simplicity
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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Earth Existence Ideal Myself Place
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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Animal Frog Known Life See Yourself
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
Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Myself Philosophy Teaching
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

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