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.
CHINUA ACHEBEA debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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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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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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