Chinua Achebe Quote Explained: There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

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

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Coward
Fight

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My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

- Chinua Achebe

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· Nigeria

Son

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Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

- Chinua Achebe

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· Nigeria

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It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

- Chinua Achebe

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Despair

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An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

- Chinua Achebe

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· Nigeria

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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

- Chinua Achebe

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· Nigeria

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I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.

- Chinua Achebe

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· Nigeria

Home

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

- Chinua Achebe

Novelist

· Nigeria

There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

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

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.

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

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain

The laws of art are eternal and don’t change at all, as the moral laws don’t change in human beings.

If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.

The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea. Explain

Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.

Truth is to the moral world what gravitation is to the material.

I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.

Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.

There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

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