What a man does not know is greater than he.
CHINUA ACHEBEA coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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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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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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There is no story that is not true.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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No 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.
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