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Chinua Achebe Quotes: When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
         

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.


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This page presents the quote "When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.". Author of this quote is Chinua Achebe. This quote is about world suffering, thought provoking, worry, doors, suffering,.