A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
CHINUA ACHEBEIt 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.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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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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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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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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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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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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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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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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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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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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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
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