Quotes by George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

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There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all. — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
In trench warfare five things are important: firewood, food, tobacco, candles, and the enemy. In winter on the Zaragoza — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
Hitherto, the rights and wrongs had seemed so beautifully simple. — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
The Assault Guards had one submachine-gun between ten men and an automatic pistol each; we at the front had approximatel — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
A fat man eating quails while children are begging for bread is a disgusting sight, but you are less likely to see it wh — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such th — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
No one I met at this time -- doctors, nurses, practicantes, or fellow-patients-- failed to assure me that a man who is h — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
It is impossible to read through the reports in the Communist Press without realizing that they are consciously aimed at — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
I believe that on such an issue as this no one is or can be completely truthful. It is difficult to be certain about any — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia