Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse—hunger, hardship, and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life.


The Penguin complete novels of George Orwell (ed. 1976)

George Orwell Quotes

Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much...

Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much...

Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much...

Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much...