Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
GEORGE ORWELLThere are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
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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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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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