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Chinua Achebe - A Man of the People (1966)

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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

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In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest—without asking to be paid.

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A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.

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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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Chinua Achebe

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Born: November 16, 1930
Died: March 21, 2013 (aged 82)
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