Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
CHINUA ACHEBEWhat a man does not know is greater than he.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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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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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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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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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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If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
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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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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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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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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Women and music should not be dated.
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