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Quotes from Animal Farm by George Orwell
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3 For myself I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones.
4 Almost before Major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.
5 Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.
6 I am old and my voice is hoarse, but when I have taught you the tune, you can sing it better for yourselves.
7 Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.
8 As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless, Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond.
9 The dogs had suddenly caught sight of them, and it was only by a swift dash for their holes that the rats saved their lives.
10 He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.
11 I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired.
12 And what is more, the words of the song also came back-words, I am certain, which were sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for generations.
13 You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds.
14 I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living.
15 Even the stupidest of them had already picked up the tune and a few of the words, and as for the clever ones, such as the pigs and dogs, they had the entire song by heart within a few minutes.
16 A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work.
17 Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major's speech without listening to a word of what he was saying.
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