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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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Face Fit Growth Mask One Liner Wear
To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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Constant Courage Need Nose Struggle
A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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Characteristic Charity Hate Human Nature Man Receive
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them.
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According Action Bad Goodness Merit
If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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Giving Love Positive
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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Corruption Language Polite
Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
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Except Inside Skull
Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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Conscious Rebel
There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
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Against Clung Mad Truth World
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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Beat Human Result Stay Tolerance Worth
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Animal Equality
We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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Change Destroy Enemy
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
GEORGE ORWELL

Act Deceit Revolution Time Truth Universal
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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Erase Forget Lie Past Truth
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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Book Exhaust Ill Pain Resistance Struggle Writing
All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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Age Follow Politics Rule World

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