On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLIf you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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 most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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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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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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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 aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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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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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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