He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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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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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Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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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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The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Women and music should not be dated.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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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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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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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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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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The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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