My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
CHINUA ACHEBEAn angry man is always a stupid man.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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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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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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There is no story that is not true.
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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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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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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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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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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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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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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