...the Object Of Waging A

Never Use A Long Word Where A Short One Will Do.

One Wants To Live, Of Course, Indeed One Only Stays Alive By Virtue Of The Fear Of Death.

The Essence Of Being Human Is That One Does Not Seek Perfection.

Poverty Frees Them From Ordinary Standards Of Behaviour, Just As Money Frees People From Work.

The Clock Struck Half Past Two. In The Little Office At The Back Of Mr. Mckechnie's Bookshop, Gordon--gordon Comstock, Last Member Of The Comstock Family, Aged Twenty-nine And Rather Moth-eaten Already--lounged Across The Table, Pushing A Fourpenny Packet Of Player's Weights Open And Shut With His Thumb.