The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
CHINUA ACHEBEA man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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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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Women and music should not be dated.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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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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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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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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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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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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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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Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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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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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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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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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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