A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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 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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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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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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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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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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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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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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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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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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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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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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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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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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