George Orwell : (5) " What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? " - George Orwell " Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. " - George Orwell " We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " - George Orwell " A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. " - George Orwell " I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. " - George Orwell