“Proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.”
Chinua Achebe book Things Fall Apart
Source: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 1
“Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.”
— Chinua Achebe, book Things Fall Apart
Source: Things Fall Apart
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