Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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To die hating them, that was freedom.
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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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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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The only good human being is a dead one.
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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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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Four legs good, two legs bad.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
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The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave.
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Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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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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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
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At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
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