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.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen 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.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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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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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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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 a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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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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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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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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We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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