The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.
George OrwellHe thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which always freezes into inertia at exactly the moment when a special effort is needed.
George OrwellAnd it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.
George Orwell