Maxioms by Chinua Achebe
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we read more
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.
Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this read more
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what read more
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It's not viewed as a serious continent. It's a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don't do what common sense demands.
