“ things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse—hunger, hardship, and disappointment being . . . the unalterable law of life. ”
George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | Animal Farm |
| Topic | life disappointment hardship |
| Date | 1945 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html |
Context
“There was nothing with which they could compare their present lives: they had nothing to go upon except Squealer's lists of figures, which invariably demonstrated that everything was getting better and better. The animals found the problem insoluble; in any case they had little time for speculating on such things now. Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be, much better or much worse—hunger, hardship and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life.
And yet the animals never gave up hope. More, they never lost, even for an instant, their sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm. They were still the only farm in the whole country—in all England!—owned and operated by animals.” source
And yet the animals never gave up hope. More, they never lost, even for an instant, their sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm. They were still the only farm in the whole country—in all England!—owned and operated by animals.” source
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