The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
GEORGE ORWELLThe essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
More George Orwell Quotes
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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If you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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