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.
GEORGE ORWELLHowever much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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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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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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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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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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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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The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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