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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

George Orwell

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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Animal Consume Creature Egg Fast Lord Man Milk Produce Rabbit Run Weak
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
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Darkness Meet Place
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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Face Hero Inspirational Pain Physical Stop Struggle
He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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Face Fit Growth Mask One Liner Wear
Sanity is not statistical.
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One Liner Sanity Statistics
Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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Always Invincible Moments Win
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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Animal Creature Impossible Man Outside Pig
All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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Age Follow Politics Rule World
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Assume Deep Happiness Life Men Object
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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Deny Destroy Effective History People Understand
The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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Character Goodness Possible Test
If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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Giving Love Positive
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Follow Freedom Grant Politics
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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Act Deceit Revolution Time Truth
The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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Believe Freedom Government Inside
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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Book Exhaust Ill Pain Resistance Struggle Writing

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