We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
GEORGE ORWELLIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
More George Orwell Quotes
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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True freedom is the right to say something that others don’t want to hear.
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In the face of pain there are no heroes.
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The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.
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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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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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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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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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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
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Rich people are poor people with money.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.
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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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