Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
CHINUA ACHEBEA debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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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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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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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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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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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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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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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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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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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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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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