The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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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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Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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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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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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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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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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