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.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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We 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.’
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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There is no story that is not true.
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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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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