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.

On a ruinous wall I came upon a poster dating from the previous year and announcing that ‘six handsome bulls’ would be killed in the arena on such and such a date. How forlorn its faded colours looked. Where were the handsome bulls and the handsome bull-fighters now? It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays - for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists.

it was only a hopeless fantasy, it passed like an april day, but a look and a word and the dreams they stirred they have stolen my heart away.

There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-- Man

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.

Most people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job.

Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy