What did Chinua Achebe mean by: Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality. Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria Copy
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Adaptability, Communication, Diversity, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Conflict, Family, Inheritance, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Bravery, Insecurity, Violence, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Family, Madness, Shame, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Humanity, Impossible, Racism, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them? Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Awareness, Responsibility, self-care, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community? Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Identity, Isolation, Literacy, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Greatness, Respect, Success, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
