George Orwell: Cytaty po angielsku
George Orwell był pisarz i publicysta angielski. Cytaty po angielsku.“At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.”
"Extracts from a Manuscript Notebook" (1949), The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4 (1968)
“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.”
George Orwell książka Shooting an Elephant
Źródło: Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell książka Folwark zwierzęcy
Źródło: Animal Farm
“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.”
Possibly a paraphrase of Bertrand Russell in My Philosophical Development (1959): "This is one of those views which are so absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them." It is similar in meaning to Orwell's line from Notes on Nationalism (1945): "One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool." However, Russell was commenting not on politics, as Orwell was, but on some philosophers and their ideas about language.
Misattributed
Wariant: Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
“To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.”
"In Front of Your Nose," Tribune (22 March 1946)
George Orwell książka Rok 1984
Źródło: 1984
“Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.”
George Orwell książka Folwark zwierzęcy
Źródło: Animal Farm
"In Front of Your Nose" http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/nose/english/e_nose, Tribune (22 March 1946) <br class="br">Kontekst: The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
“You're only a rebel from the waist downwards,' he told her.”
George Orwell książka Rok 1984
Źródło: 1984
“The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.”
George Orwell książka Rok 1984
Źródło: 1984