An angry man is always a stupid man.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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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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Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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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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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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