What a man does not know is greater than he.
CHINUA ACHEBEAn artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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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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Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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