← The animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place. 🔊
← In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days. 🔊
← Sometimes the work was hard; the implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals, and it was a great drawback that no animal was able to use any tool that involved standing on his hind legs. 🔊
← Boxer was the admiration of everybody. He had been a hard worker even in Jones's time, but now he seemed more like three horses than one; there were days when the entire work of the farm seemed to rest on his mighty shoulders. 🔊
← From morning to night he was pushing and pulling, always at the spot where the work was hardest. 🔊
← He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts; but in the end he could not think of anything to say. 🔊
← And from then on he adopted the maxim, "Napoleon is always right," in addition to his private motto of "I will work harder." 🔊
← He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. 🔊
← It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one. The windmill presented unexpected difficulties. 🔊
← His two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right," seemed to him a sufficient answer to all problems. 🔊
← By the autumn the animals were tired but happy. They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. 🔊
← Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his never−failing cry of "I will work harder! " 🔊
← It must be due to some fault in ourselves. The solution, as I see it, is to work harder. 🔊
← Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon. 🔊
← Throughout the year the animals worked even harder than they had worked in the previous year. 🔊
← At such times his lips were seen to form the words, "I will work harder"; he had no voice left. 🔊
← Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, "I will work harder" and "Comrade Napoleon is always right"−maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own. 🔊
← It was used for milling corn, and brought in a handsome money profit. The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished, so it was said, the dynamos would be installed. 🔊
← It might be that their lives were hard and that not all of their hopes had been fulfilled; but they were conscious that they were not as other animals. 🔊
← If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves. 🔊