Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
CHINUA ACHEBEWe cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
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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There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
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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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No man however great is greater than his people.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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