To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
GEORGE ORWELLSanity is not statistical.
More George Orwell Quotes
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The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave.
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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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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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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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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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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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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don’t have to ask whose side I’m on.
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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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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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