Four legs good, two legs bad.
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?
The distinguishing mark of man is the , the instrument with which he does all his mischief.
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 ba...
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?" Once again this argument was unanswerable. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop. Boxer, who...
Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.
No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?
Tutti gli animali sono uguali, ma alcuni sono più uguali degli altri
At first they pretended to laugh to scorn the idea of animals managing a farm for themselves. The whole thing would be over in a fortnight, they said. They put it about that the animals on the Manor Farm (they insisted on calling it the Manor Farm; t...
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
