Chinua Achebe - Arrow of God (1964)

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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

Chinua Achebe

May good confront the man on top and the man below. But let him who is jealous of another's position choke with his envy.

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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.

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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache

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A boy sent by his father to steal does not go stealthily but breaks the door with his feet.

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When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it?

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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.

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