Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Let us put an end to this war. For we know how to win battles but not how to use our victories.

-- The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and brought Rome to its knees

弱虫は、幸福をさえおそれるものです。綿で怪我をするんです。

-- Osamu Dazai

Life is too long to do nothing, yet too short to accomplish something.

-- Atsushi Nakajima