• A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

    George Orwell: A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
    George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.210, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt