If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
CHINUA ACHEBEWe do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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 language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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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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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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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
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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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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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