A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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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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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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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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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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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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No man however great is greater than his people.
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