The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
GEORGE ORWELLA man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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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The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
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If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
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Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments
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Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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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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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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The object of power is power.
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