No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
CHINUA ACHEBEAnd theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
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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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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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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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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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There is no story that is not true.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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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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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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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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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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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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