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But I also knew that to retain my first impression of him I must not see him again;
“The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency.”
― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
“This country would get along much better if people learned how to suffer in silence.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“I watched him with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies—unless one counts journalists.”
― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
“Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.”
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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