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George Orwell fue un novelista, ensayista y crítico conocido por su libros Animal Farm y Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Fue un hombre de fuertes opiniones que abordó algunos de los principales movimientos políticos de su época, incluidos el imperialismo, el fascismo y el comunismo.
One of his first literary successes came at the age of 11 when he had a poem published in the local newspaper.
animal farm
1984
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
“It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
― George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm