Best Quotes from Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.
The only good human being is a dead one.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
The creature 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.
The only good pig is a dead pig.
Four legs good, two legs bad.
Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, beasts of every land and clime, hear me!
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
The pigs were as clever as the humans, and didn’t need the humans any longer.
The only good rat is a dead rat.
Comrades, you do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
Assume the worst, and you’ll always be in control.
No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old.
No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade.
Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure.
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.
Drunk or sober, man is an enemy to the animals.
You have your delicate chiffoniers, and your fashions, and your fine silk stockings, and your lorgnettes, and your cigarettes, and your Silica!
Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others.
I’ve said all I wanted to say. I’ve been according to my talents. It’s up to the rest of you to carry on.
If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak.
Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to fraternize with the enemy, never to make use of money–had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled?
Over the gate was a white wooden signboard with ‘Manor Farm’ inscribed on it in graceful capital letters. Now he had nailed a smaller board on the gate with ‘Animal Farm’ painted on it in rather crooked letters.
And yet the animals never gave up hope. More, they never lost, even for an instant thier sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm.
Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon.
Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. 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.
Will there be sugar after the Rebellion?
Who wants Jones back?
Animals fight with men, sometimes same can be enemy to humans.
No animal could see a yard ahead of his nose.
Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?
It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.
Remember, we are all comrades. All animals are equal.
Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility.
I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Behavior: Cracking your knuckles is acceptable. Keep believing only in yourself and your work.
The van had apparently come out of thin air.
The tattered soldier fell slowly to his knees, groping like a child.
The rest was spread out in a thin line. Looking from far beyond the Infantry’s line, nothing but fields could be seen.
A general air of surprise and wrath met the pioneer plug.
One who feeds only on knowledge becomes unwise.
But we have hope in our hearts the master is not carried into the water.
Reading is a constant joy.
True happiness is rare in the world.
Man was born with desires, and for that reason his happiness can never last.
Luxury dulls and vexes the human spirit.
Man confuses magic and miracles – God of Heroes will support you at the hour of need.
Man is born death.
Summoning strength of character is courage.