Chinua Achebe Citas

• A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.

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  Home, Moon, Men

  Chinua Achebe (1996). “Things Fall Apart”, p.118, Heinemann

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• La gente dice que si el agua te sube hasta el tobillo, es el momento de hacer algo al respecto, no cuando te llega al cuello.

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  Rising Up, People, Water

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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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  Who I Am, Thought Provoking, Needs

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Feb 17, 2012

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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.

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  Men, Thinking, Thought Provoking

  Chinua Achebe (1986). “Arrow of God”, p.86, Heinemann

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• 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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  Lions, Hunters, Historian

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Dec 29, 2013

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• We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'

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  Thought Provoking, Humanity, Mud

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Jul 28, 2012

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• Familiarízate con tu casa, pero conoce también a tus vecinos. El joven que nunca fue a ninguna parte cree que su madre es la mejor cocinera.

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  Madre, Hogar, Hombres

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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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  Men, Thought Provoking, Brave

  Chinua Achebe (1986). “Arrow of God”, p.11, Heinemann

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

  Chinua Achebe

  Understanding, Sides, Stories

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• A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

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  Men, Yesterday, Thought Provoking

  Chinua Achebe (1988). “A Man of the People”, p.135, Heinemann

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• When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

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  Men, Mad, Naked

  Chinua Achebe (1988). “A Man of the People”, p.118, Heinemann

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• There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.

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  Chinua Achebe (1996). “Things Fall Apart”, p.99, Heinemann

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• The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

  Chinua Achebe

  Brother, Clever, Fall

  Chinua Achebe (2009). "Things Fall Apart: Texto autorizado, contextos y crítica", W W Norton & Company Incorporated

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• Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.

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  World, Lame, Pleasure

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.16, Anchor

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• The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.

  Chinua Achebe

  Responsibility, Air, Land

  Chinua Achebe (1984). “The Trouble with Nigeria”, p.1, Heinemann

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• Una de las pruebas más fehacientes de la integridad es su rotundo rechazo a verse comprometida.

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  Integrity, Stupid, Reality

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Aug 19, 2011

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• I believe in the complexity of the human story, and that there's no way you can tell that story in one way and say, 'this is it.' Always there will be someone who can tell it differently depending on where they are standing ... this is the way I think the world's stories should be told: from many different perspectives.

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  Believe, Thinking, Perspective

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• When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.

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  Fighting, Men, Coward

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Apr 09, 2016

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• Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.

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  Dance, Beats

  Chinua Achebe (1986). “Arrow of God”, p.46, Heinemann

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• A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

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  Greatness, Men, Pay

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Sep 10, 2015

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• A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?

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  Men, Doe, Lips

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays”, p.118, Anchor

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• Si no te gusta la historia de alguien, escribe la tuya.

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  Writing, Thought Provoking, Stories

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Dec 26, 2010

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• You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.

  Chinua Achebe

  Greatness, Men, Yams

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.58, Anchor

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

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  Brother, Father, Fighting

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• We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.

  Chinua Achebe

  Hurt, Men, Necks

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.12, Anchor

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