← Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other animal. 🔊
← Even the stupidest of them had already picked up the tune and a few of the words, and as for the clever ones, such as the pigs and dogs, they had the entire song by heart within a few minutes. 🔊
← The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals. 🔊
← Moses, who was Mr. Jones's especial pet, was a spy and a tale−bearer, but he was also a clever talker. 🔊
← Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others. All the animals nodded in complete agreement, and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart. 🔊
← But the pigs were so clever that they could think of a way round every difficulty. 🔊
← It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote. 🔊
← But Napoleon was too clever for him. He had demanded payment in real five−pound notes, which were to be handed over before the timber was removed. 🔊