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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

Chinua Achebe

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
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
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
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
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Himself Humanity Moral Practical Stay Value
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value
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
Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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Discover Finding Fulfill Generation Mission Need
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
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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Creativity Love Purpose Rule Suffering
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Change Learning Myself
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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Change Ideas Leadership Limitation Power Problem Stay
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Experience Learning Philosophy Wisdom
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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Beginning Himself Man Pay Visit

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

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