A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
CHINUA ACHEBEAn artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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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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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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My weapon is literature.
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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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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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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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