Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities.
CHINUA ACHEBEWe cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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