The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
GEORGE ORWELLWriting 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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All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.
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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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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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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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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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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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Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.
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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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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
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