Animal Farm

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“Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short” Major 1
“No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free.” Major 1
And you, Clover, where are those four foals you bore, who should have been the support and pleasure of your old age? Each was sold at a year old — you will never see one of them again.” Major 1
“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. It is all lies. Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.” Major 1
“Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted on to oppose it.” Narrator 3
“The other farmers sympathised in principle, but they did not at first give him much help. At heart, each of them was secretly wondering whether he could not somehow turn Jones’ misfortune to his own advantage.” Narrator 4
“’No sentimentality, comrade!’ cried Snowball from whose wounds the blood was still dripping. ‘War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.’” Snowball 4
“These two disagreed at every point where disagreement was possible. If one of them suggested sowing a bigger acreage with barley, the other was certain to demand a bigger acreage of oats” Narrator 5
“At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times” Narrator 5
“They kept close to Napoleon. It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to Mr. Jones.” Narrator 5
“‘This traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year. Comrades, here and now I pronounce the death sentence upon Snowball.’” Napoleon 6
“When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near.” Narrator 7
“One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week.” Narrator 7
“Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. He ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death.” Narrator 7
“When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.” Narrator 7
“He carried a whip in his trotter.” Narrator 10
“He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county.” Narrator 10
“Hitherto the animals on the farm had had a rather foolish custom of addressing one another as ‘Comrade.’ This was to be suppressed.” Narrator 10

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