The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
CHINUA ACHEBEEach of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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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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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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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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We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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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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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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