On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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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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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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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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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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
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It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
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Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments
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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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Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
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We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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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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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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