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Chinua Achebe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 16
Died: 2013
Died: March 22
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths it is because we see something which you do not see.
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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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