Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
GEORGE ORWELLTo see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave.
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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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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
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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.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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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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If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.
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We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
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