Euphemism Is A Human Device To Conceal

His (lenin's)humanitarianism Was A Very Abstract Passion. It Embraced Humanity In General But He Seems To Have Had Little Love For, Or Even Interest In, Humanity In Particular. He Saw The People With Whom He Dealt, His Comrades, Not As Individuals But As Receptacles For His Ideas. On That Basis, And No Other, They Were Judged. He Judged Man Not By Their Moral Qualities But By Their Views, Or Rather The Degree To Which They Accepted His.

The Word 'meaningful' When Used Today Is Nearly Always Meaningless.

A Stalin Functionary Admitted, Innocent People Were Arrested: Naturally - Otherwise No One Would Be Frightened. If People Were Arrested Only For Specific Misdemeanours, All The Others Would Feel Safe And So Become Ripe For Treason.

I Very Much Wanted To Be Editor Of The 'new Statesman!' But I Never Wanted To Be Prime Minister, Except Maybe As A Little Boy.

The Writer Learns To Write, In The Last Resort, Only By Writing. He Must Get Words Onto Paper Even If He Is Dissatisfied With Them.