Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
GEORGE ORWELLConfession 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.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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The only good human being is a dead one.
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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave.
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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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At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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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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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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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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