"Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man…" — Chinua Achebe
"Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own."
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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe has 162 quotes on this site.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to…
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we…
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it,…
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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
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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…
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end.…
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
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In my third husband I had discovered a blissfully laid-back type who thought it nothing less than hilarious when I…
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Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on…
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Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.
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Sci-fi has never really been my bag. But I do believe in a lot of weird things these days, such…
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The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag…
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All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves…
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