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Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

George Orwell
Work, Progress, Illusion
George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism - robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.

George Orwell
Reality, Progress, Literature
George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.250, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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