George Orwell quote: He is fiddling while Rome is burning, and, unlike the enormous majority of people who do this, fiddling with his ...

He is fiddling while Rome is burning, and, unlike the enormous majority of people who do this, fiddling with his face toward the flames.

~ George Orwell ~

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