While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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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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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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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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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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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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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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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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People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
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