Who said we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm?
While it may be apocryphal, Winston Churchill is often quoted as having said (supposedly paraphrasing Orwell) “We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
Who is james d Nicoll?
James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961) is a Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer, former security guard and role-playing game store owner, and also works as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club.
Who said for those I love I will do great and terrible things?
Attributed to Groucho Marx. According to urban legend, while interviewing Marion and Charlotte Story for a 1950 episode of You Bet Your Life, Marx uttered the phrase in response to Charlotte, who had mothered 20 children with her husband, saying how much she loved her husband.
Who wrote day is over night has come?
George Orwell: Day is over, night has come. Today is gone, what’…
Did Plato say a house that has a library in it has a soul?
“A house that has a library in it has a soul” -Plato.
What is Orwell saying in 1984?
“In the face of pain there are no heroes.” “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” “If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.” “Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.”
Who wrote the highest form of knowledge is empathy?
George Eliot
The highest form of knowledge, according to George Eliot, is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.”
What Plato said about books?
“Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
What kind of socialist was George Orwell?
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
Did George Eliot say the highest form of knowledge is empathy?
The highest form of knowledge, according to George Eliot, is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.”
Was Plato genius?
This is no surprise since Plato discussed a staggering number of topics amidst incredibly dazzling language. I concur with Alfred North Whitehead’s assessment that “Plato was the unparalleled genius of the greatest mind ever developed by western civilization”.
Was George Orwell a soldier?
When World War II did come, Orwell was rejected for military service, and instead he headed the Indian service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He left the BBC in 1943 and became literary editor of the Tribune, a left-wing socialist paper associated with the British Labour leader Aneurin Bevan.