John Flory quotes
A character in Burmese Days by George Orwell
4 quotes spoken by or about John Flory, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.
About George Orwell
The official holds the Burman down while the businessman goes through his pockets.
Why, of course, the lie that we're here to uplift our poor black brothers instead of to rob them.
Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy.
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