"If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Survival, Protection, Image, Perception, Power

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"If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image."

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