30,129 Quotes About Men
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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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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!
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There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.
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You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man
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It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.
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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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