There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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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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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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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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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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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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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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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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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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