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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.

Chinua Achebe

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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Expression Feeling Story Talk
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Carry Cure Disease Hospital
My weapon is literature.
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Literature Myself Weapon
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Description Finding Myself Need Teaching
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
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Government Leadership Politics
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Different Kind Language Price Submission World
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Coward Fight Run Time War
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Better Brave Coward Live Praise Worth
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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Charity Forget Goodness Lying Necessary Reality Solution Work
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
CHINUA ACHEBE

End Government Known Leadership Oneself Problem Worst
When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Attention Comfortable Commitment Grave Risk Run

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