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Meaning
The quote suggests that by the age of 50, a person's face reflects the life they have lived and the choices they have made. It implies that character, habits, and experiences gradually shape outward appearance.
When It Was Said
1949
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Cited from "Extracts from a Manuscript Notebook" (17 April 1949), in The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4 (1968).
Source
"Extracts from a Manuscript Notebook" (17 April 1949), The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4 (1968)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
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Did You Know?
George Orwell is the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English author and journalist (1903–1950).
About George Orwell
English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic. He is known for writing with clear prose and for work shaped by social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support for democratic socialism. His writing is marked by direct language and a strong political conscience. Across his novels, essays, and journalism, he returns to questions of power, public life, and freedom, and he is closely associated with criticism of totalitarian rule and with democratic socialist ideas.
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