On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
GEORGE ORWELLMyths which are believed in tend to become true.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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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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Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism.
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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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All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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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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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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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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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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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
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Free speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear.
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To die hating them, that was freedom.
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