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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.

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
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
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
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Democracy Education Function Government Leadership Participate
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
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
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
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
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
There is no story that is not true.
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One Liner Story True
I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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Adventure Kindness Myself Way
We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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Break Hurt Man Neck Seek
I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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Eat People Talk Yourself

As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.

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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.

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