There is that great proverb — that until the lions have the… - Chinua Achebe

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

Chinua Achebe

English

Collect this quote

About Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 – March 21, 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), is the most widely read book in modern African literature.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Albert Chinualumogu Achebe • Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe

All quotes from Chinua Achebe Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Chinua Achebe:

John Steinbeck James A. Michener Louis L'Amour Mark Twain Ursula K. Le Guin

Additional quotes by Chinua Achebe

After such treatment it would think twice before coming again, unless it was one of the stubborn ones who returned, carrying the stamp of their mutilation--a missing finger or perhaps a dark line where the medicine man's razor had cut them.

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

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

About Chinua Achebe

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Chinua Achebe

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI