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Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church. .Chinua Achebe
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouthChinua Achebe
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Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of white chalk. "I have kola, " he announced when he sat down, and passed the disc over to his guest. "Thank you. He who brings kola brings life. But I think you ought to break it, " replied Okoye passing back the disc. "No, it is for you, I think, " and they argued like this for a few moments before Unoka accepted the honor of breaking the kola. Okoye, meanwhile, took the lump of chalk, drew some lines on the floor, and then painted his big toe. .Chinua Achebe
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Looking at a king's mouth, ' said an old man, 'one would think he never sucked at his mother's breast.Chinua Achebe
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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 homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.Chinua Achebe
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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.Chinua Achebe
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When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walkChinua Achebe
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A snake was never called by its name at night, because it would hear. It was called a string.Chinua Achebe
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As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.Chinua Achebe
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I do not know how to thank you.'' I can tell you, ' said Obierika. 'Kill one of your sons for me.'' That will not be enough, ' said Okonkwo.'Then kill yourself, ' said Obierika.Chinua Achebe
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There is no story that is not true, " said Uchendu. "The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.Chinua Achebe
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Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.Chinua Achebe
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It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.Chinua Achebe