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.
GEORGE ORWELLIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
More George Orwell Quotes
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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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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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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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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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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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If you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones.
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At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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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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If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
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