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A character in Animal Farm by George Orwell

3 quotes spoken by or about Old Major, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.

— Old Major (dialogue) · George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945), Chapter I

All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.

— Old Major (dialogue) · George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945), Chapter I

The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

— Old Major (dialogue) · George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945), Chapter I

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