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.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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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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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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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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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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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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No man however great is greater than his people.
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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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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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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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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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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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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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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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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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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Women and music should not be dated.
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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