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“The names we bear affect us in some way. A meaningful name often disciplines the bearer. An impatient Miss Patience will always be reminded to live up to her name. In the bid to clear her name she is disciplined.”
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“When a dangerous insect perches on a delicate body part, even a quick tempered man quickly learns how to settle provocative issues amicably.”
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“In patience a child is nuts. If he wants food it has to be there and then. A four-year promise is nonsense to a child of two; the period is outside his fathomable realm; it is twice his age.”
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“Those favored with the double-portion flavor of affluence and influence often fail to express affection for the affliction of the unfortunate.”
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“It is pitiful how elephants, once plentiful are depleted because of their beautiful ivory.”
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“The word woman as an acronym means what original man always needs.”
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“Death of parents leaves minor children at the mercy of the merciless or merciful.”
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“The name of a man is more in his thoughts than in what is thought of him. As a container shapes liquid, so are our lives shaped by our thoughts.”
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“A big name comes with a big thought. You cannot desire a name to conjure with or hoping for a beautiful handle to your name while thinking meager thoughts.”
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“It is easier to ‘bend’ children than to mend adults.”
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“To train a child in the way he should go, the trainer has to be in front of the same way providing example.”
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“Proverb is a profound statement. Even the Almighty God, in his infinite wisdom, authored a book called proverbs for the benefit of humans in general.”
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“It is no frill to say that until we get it instilled in us that a blunder could kill a lunatic and thus spill innocent blood, we will continue to thrill and chill as they drill and grill in pain.”
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“Blood is thicker than water but love is thicker than blood.”
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“In a world where most people are fair-weather friends a real friend ought to be held with both hands, they prove that love is thicker than blood.”
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“Mouths that insist on sweet things will hardly escape the bitter experience of dental disfiguring.”
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“Certain news is too precarious for low mouths to deliver.”
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“Foul oral smell can repel discussants and quell a swell dialogue.”
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“Our loved ones may be nailed in a coffin but their epitaph is nailed in our hearts. Death cannot kill love.”
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“Suicide has no sweet side; it dumps devastating agony on loved ones.”
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“Pathetically though, some full-fledged adult bodies are just disguised entities where thoughts and actions of babies are trapped, not for purity but for stupidity.”
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“Babies regularly read to are the first to pass the post in life. When other kids are busy with toys, they are busy with books. They are peaceful and calculated even when the goal posts are moved.”
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“Honor accrues to a sister who honored parents and siblings by attracting an honorable man to an honorable marriage.”
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“If you can’t beat them, leave them. Good morals do not improve bad association. It’s a reverse that will only drive to regret.”
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“Those who say, ‘kill me now’ or ‘we die today’ are not serious, trust me. They’re only using insight knowing that they do not incite death when it is not in sight.”
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“The sharing in love is exclusive for couples and inclusive of house work. The more the sharing, the sweeter the pairing.”
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“In taking a bath one is admitting he is dirty. In humility, he strips off all dignity and return as-was-born for natural cleaning.”
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“A man’s determination is measured, not only by his steady steps towards his goal, but also by his humility in accepting help after a fall and continue walking. Therein lies the stuff he is made of.”
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“Taking the bitter with the sweet makes us better.”
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“Birds are sky bound; holding them down in a cage is wicked love.”
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“Proverbs are not just meant for recalling and proffering but to impart practical wisdom which will impact on our actions.”
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“Ignoring snoring can be boring and annoying. But the noise of snoring is serenade compared to the silence of cheating.”
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“Any road, smooth and straight leads to everywhere but important.”
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“A big name comes with having your name on a big thought. You cannot desire a name to conjure with or a beautiful handle to your name and be thinking meager thoughts.”
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“Mourning failures every morning instead of gunning for progress is a yawning futility. Don’t blame it on waking up on the wrong side of the bed, blame on not answering a wakeup call.”
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“He who has self-confidence inspires others to have confidence in him and in themselves.”
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“Confidence is an aspect of pride, but when it stretches to fault denial and blame shifting, it becomes pride.”
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“It takes a confident and competent rat to compete in a rat race and win.”
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“The ubiquitous faculty of conscience is ever ready, either as a silent witness or a prodding disciplinarian, thus rendering the offender susceptible to suspicion. It never fails to accuse us even when we try to excuse our sordid deed.”
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“The sweet of success comes after the sweat of discipline.”
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“Falling into the folly of concentrating on a failure instead of its causes is to fall victim to yet another failure.”
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“The possibility of failure does not prevent contestants from competing because when we are optimistic, we tend to ignore failure. But it is failure that teaches success. Success and failure are not simultaneous; one must take precedence.”
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“The aged remember their youth but the young have no aged memories.”
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“Today was tomorrow yesterday; in which country is a youth the president? The aged should in truth leave tomorrow for the youth.”
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“The barber’s shop and the beauty salon are social media where everyone receives news alert.”
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“Some adults are as excited as a child in a sweet shop when they leverage on their experience and manipulate the gullible.”
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“The cockroach is dead on approach for encroaching upon the rights of a cock by prefixing roach with cock. That is why cocks are always after roaches to mete out punishment.”
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“It is lamentable to discredit a practice that prohibits and inhibits abomination; only to inherit a misfit culture.”
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“An athlete with a running nose and a running stomach is fortunate. If he combines these ‘runnings’ with a pair of running legs, he is set to run to infinity with the speed of light. He has no rival.”
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“He who stumbles and grumbles, is displaying a crumbled reasoning.”
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