Comrades," he said, "here is a point that must be settled. The wild creatures, such as rats and rabbits–are they our friends or our enemies? Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades?" The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned. For example, there was sex, which was always smouldering just under the surface and which suddenly blew up into a tremendous row when I was about twelve.

Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.

He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear.

...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.

Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.