On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLIn the face of pain there are no heroes.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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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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