A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
CHINUA ACHEBEWisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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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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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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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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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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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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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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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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