“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.”
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Orwell, G. (n.d.). Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38665-serious-sport-has-nothing-to-do-with-fair/
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Orwell, George. “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38665-serious-sport-has-nothing-to-do-with-fair/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Orwell, George. “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38665-serious-sport-has-nothing-to-do-with-fair/.