Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. – George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. – George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. – George Orwell
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. – George Orwell