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The belly comes before the soul.

The belly comes before the soul.

George Orwell
Soul, Human Nature, Belly
George Orwell (2000). “Essays”, p.325, Penguin UK

You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable.

George Orwell
Men, Human Nature, Turns
George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.360, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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