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What a man does not know is greater than he.

Chinua Achebe

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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Enough Oneself Strength Tradition
Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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Charity Opium Privilege
Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Apology Man Perspective Procrastination
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
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
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
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
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
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.
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Break Children Live Prayer Wing
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
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics
Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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Hands Literature Ourselves Reality
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
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.
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Deal Fools Goodness Known Man Peace Thinking Yourself

What a man does not know is greater than he.

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