If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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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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I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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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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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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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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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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