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Chinua Achebe Quotes: As a rule I don't like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
         

As a rule I don't like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.


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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.



There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.



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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.



People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.



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.

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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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.



When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate



If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.



One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.



As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.





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