What a man does not know is greater than he.
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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No man however great is greater than his people.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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Women and music should not be dated.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
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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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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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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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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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I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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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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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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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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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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