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What is modesty but inverted pride?
Chinua Achebe
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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
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Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
Modesty
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There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.
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Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.
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