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“The melancholy caused by man’s intransigence argues for a third ear if he is to be more vicarious.”
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“The ear that does not care to hear should not fear to bear a hot slap.”
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“Don’t get mad, get even and the best even to get is to ‘four’give, i.e. give more than four times and counting.”
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“That too many cooks spoil the soup may be true but the single hand that garnishes a pot is neither determined by beauty nor ugliness.”
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“He who hunts a serpent, hunts a spicy soup. If he strikes the serpent dead, he prepares a spicy soup but if the serpent strikes him, a spicy anti-venom soup is prepared for him. Whether he prepares soup or soup is prepared for him, soup is soup; eat it he must.”
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“Peepers should hammer it into their heads that intrusive curiosity is the precursor of offensive animosity.”
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“The roar of a lion projects a jittery wave of terror that no mortal wants to mess with. It even brings boisterous insanity to instant attention; to attract a lion’s attention is to put one’s head in a lion’s mouth.”
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“A spinster who cannot ‘spin’ a worthwhile ‘star’ is a fallen ‘star’.”
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“Managing disparaging remarks in marriage is a reason for low carriage.”
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“The challenge of a fledgling is catching up with the shadows of his predecessors and shining light for his successors.”
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“It is an affront to shunt to the front. The displaced will grunt and confront with blunt insolence. That’s not a pretty brunt to bear.”
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“Marriages are not made in heaven; heavenly products are either awesome or dynamic. Thunder, lightning, rainfall, hail stones, snow, etc are examples.”
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“Ability to excel in an activity despite scarcity of facility is a defeat of inequity.”
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“A true leader guides in front and guards from the rear.”
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“People who won’t fight should at least scream and scold to avert problems that might ignite a fight. Truth is, if you present yourself as dust bin, people will load insults and nonsense inside. A sleeping dog can be slapped by a bold chicken.”
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“A clean hand cannot deliver a dirty slap; only a rotten hand can leave a trail of dirt after dishing a dazing slap”
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“A docile dog can be slapped by a courageous chicken.”
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“The mere sight of coffin sends people quivering and shivering with nausea and phobia”
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“The obscurity of location impedes the recognition of a genius; he lives in a poor city and afflicted with the paucity of the basic amenities taken for granted in advanced societies. Even his beautiful hit on the seventh hole does not catch the public eye because his locality is abysmally derided.”
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“Snail is slow, smooth and succulent but vulnerable. With a wet and luscious tongue, it maneuvers its way across thorns and thistles without harm.”
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“When an evil deed is recurrent, the initial repugnance diminishes to tolerance; the tolerance transforms to acceptance. The acceptance leads to expectance. For instance, the term necessary evil confers on it the status of benevolence, hence indispensable. This is how, the unbecoming becomes the becoming and the becoming becomes the unbecoming.”
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“For as long as we harbor resentment or seek revenge, the wound of the offense is renewed. Why wound yourself further for someone’s offense.”
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“In a stampede, it dawns on a robust woman that her admired ‘superior’ posterior is a liability in reality.”
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“I don’t want to be infected with somebody’s photosynthesis as my osmosis is advancing from metamorphosis to trypanosomiasis which is a crisis – so said the analysis of the diagnosis conducted by Francis.”
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“A speech that reverbs with superb proverbs is a soothing herb.”
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“The coffin is such a loathsome thing; the producer doesn’t need it, the seller doesn’t want it, the buyer doesn’t use it, the user doesn’t see it; and yet it must be bought.”
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“A celebrity is one who’s disciplined with the nitty-gritty of success and has applied dexterity to the extremity of endurance. When he skillfully performs with easy pace and grace, we marvel at his level.”
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“It is a turn for the worse to nurse the idea of a full purse without appropriate force to back it up.”
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“A full figured woman may proudly flaunt her dangling behind but unknown to many, they bruise as they cruise. In a stampede however, it dawns on her that her admired ‘superior’ posterior is a liability in reality.”
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“Calling a dog lion is a misnomer infused with confusion and trouble. A household name for dog is sufficient. If a lion should roar, all will stampede for safety, including the dog.”
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“A pressed person is obsessed with passion. He is blessed when impressed with an opportunity to express himself; if otherwise he gets messed up in distress.”
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“Slow-and-Steady wins no race at all except when no one is participating; because he completes the ‘competition’ when the judges and spectators have all gone home. Who then declares him winner?”
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“A leader without willing followers is wallowing. He will be wise to step aside and learn from others who do otherwise.”
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“When a person becomes haughty, his root is traced and exposed. Woe betides him if his origin has skeletons.”
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“If the Devil is left alone, no one will have need for a long spoon.”
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“Few people are born with silver spoon, several with wooden fork, and many with fingers only. Birth into a sumptuous circumstance is no achievement.”
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“Some heavy drinkers can’t sober up – they are dazed 24/7. They fall into the fire; it’s ok. They sleep in a stinking gutter; it’s ok. They urinate and vomit on their body; it’s ok. Every disgusting thing is ok to the drunkard.”
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“Chauvinism characterizes both feminism and ‘masculinism’. Proponents of each are all too poised to antagonize the other; as a result, neither is at peace with him/her self.”
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“The literate who does not read and the illiterate who cannot read are one and the same; both are ignorant.”
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“Deserving ones don’t always get the acclaim. Some people are beautiful but unfortunate, struggling but failing, intelligent but poor, loving but despised. Those who deserve it don’t get it but those who get it don’t deserve it. Such is life.”
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“Stripping the rich of their plumage is undiluted disgrace. The poor who were at their service are now opportune to smear their plummeted status.”
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“3Stubbornness can be an asset. Tenaciously holding on to one’s views as a result of a more enlightened perspective is positive stubbornness; to do otherwise is tantamount to idiocy.”
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“It is in good light to fight with your might; much as it is right to delight in rest. This is called foresight.”
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“A bitter experience can embitter and deter a quitter but not same for a fighter who’s determined to litter the narrative with glitter.”
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“I won’t be called wicked to reject a crooked offer from a naked man.”
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“Some have conscience some others have con science. Beware you're not conned.”
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“Most men adore a woman adorned with a dangling behind. They stare silly, with eyes popping out of their heads as the pair rotund oscillate and gyrate in articulate rhythm. But unknown to many, they bruise as they cruise.”
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“A stumbling block may not necessarily be a block; it may be something else. Once the cause of stumble is identified and addressed, success falls for you.”
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“A celebrity is torn between two worlds; the world of fame where he works very hard to belong, and the care-free world of the masses which he cherishes but works hard again not to be noticed in it.”
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“Most intelligent persons are stubborn, because they operate at uncommon wavelengths. In due time, their incorrigibility is acclaimed as foresight.”
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