When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
CHINUA ACHEBEIt is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have – otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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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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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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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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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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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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My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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