Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Chinua Achebe quotes, Chinua Achebe sayings, and Chinua Achebe proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.Chinua Achebe
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.Chinua Achebe
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.Chinua Achebe
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.Chinua Achebe
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.Chinua Achebe
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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.Chinua Achebe
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Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!Chinua Achebe
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The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity that it's this or maybe that you have just one large statement; it is this.Chinua Achebe
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.Chinua Achebe
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There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.Chinua Achebe
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.Chinua Achebe
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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.Chinua Achebe
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The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this.Chinua Achebe
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.Chinua Achebe
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A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.Chinua Achebe
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.Chinua Achebe
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.Chinua Achebe
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others. Chinua Achebe
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I am not afraid of work. The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.Chinua Achebe
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.Chinua Achebe
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.Chinua Achebe