If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
CHINUA ACHEBEArt is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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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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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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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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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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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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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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