Rolls-Royce car is more damaging to morale than a fleet of Göring’s bombing planes." - Meaning and context.">
Part II : Shopkeepers At War, § III
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The lady in the Rolls-Royce car is more damaging to morale than a fleet of Göring’s bombing planes.

— George Orwell

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The lady in the Rolls-Royce car is more damaging to morale than a fleet of Göring’s bombing planes." in the context of "Part II : Shopkeepers At War, § III" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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George Orwell

About George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.