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Doe Quotes by Chinua Achebe
- A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
- A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
- A boy sent by his father to steal does not go stealthily but breaks the door with his feet.
- What a man does not know is greater than he.
- It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is our escort;without it,we…
- A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing
- A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own…
- The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all…
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- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
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- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi