Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
CHINUA ACHEBENo matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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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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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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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 makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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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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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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It 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.
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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 mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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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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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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