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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

Chinua Achebe

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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Deep Lizard Philosophy Praise
No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
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Man Prosperity Rule Woman
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
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Expression Feeling Story Talk
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
Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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Thinking Work Yourself
A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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Friendship Goat Hen Stomach
If 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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Foot Hands Hold Myself Pretend
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
The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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Dance Singing World
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
Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Myself Philosophy Teaching
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Hear Understand Yourself
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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Charity Opium Privilege
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman

A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

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