Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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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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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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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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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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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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There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
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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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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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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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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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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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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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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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