On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLGood prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
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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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Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
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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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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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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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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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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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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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