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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’

Chinua Achebe

There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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Deep Glorify Greatness Hunt Proverb Story
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
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Blame Dry Lips Man
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have – otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
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Creation History Meaning Storyteller Survival
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
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
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Brother Death Fight Profit Stranger
Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Apology Man Perspective Procrastination
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
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
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics
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

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’

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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’

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