A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but …

George Orwell
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A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks. ✨ George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, p.270, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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