An angry man is always a stupid man.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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My weapon is literature.
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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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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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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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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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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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