Who controls the past controls the future: who con — George Orwell

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words, it is war minus the shooting. It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is. ♥ 5 War is the greatest of all agents of change. It speeds up all processes, wipes out minor distinctions, brings realities to the surface. Above all, war brings it home to the individual that he is not altogether an indi… Read more → All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. Homage to Catalonia (1938)

The secret to humor is surprise. Aristóteles He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. Leonardo da Vinci Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. Henry Ford The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. Adam Smith