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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

Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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Dance Hurry Lame Pleasure
When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Feeling Himself Madness Man Naked Shame
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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Dance Mask Place Stand World Yourself
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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Design Embrace Generation History Performance Recognition Task
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
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
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
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Brother Death Fight Profit Stranger
Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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Book Creation Different Myself People
A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Children Milk Mom Pay
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 pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Character Ethnicity Greatness Man Pay Respect
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

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

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