During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave.
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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
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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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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
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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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We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
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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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