Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.
GEORGE ORWELLOn the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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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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The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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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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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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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.
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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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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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