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The Road to Wigan Pier quotes

George Orwell

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“A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
“In the highly mechanised countries, thanks to tinned food, cold storage, synthetic flavouring matters, etc., the palate is almost a dead organ.” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
“the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
“All nationalistic distinctions — all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect — are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
“It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

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