Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
GEORGE ORWELLWriting 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.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
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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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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
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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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Sanity is not statistical.
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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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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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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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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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If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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