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.
GEORGE ORWELLPatriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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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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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
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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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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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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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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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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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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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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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