Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
CHINUA ACHEBEA man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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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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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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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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No man however great is greater than his people.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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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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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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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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