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George Orwell Quotes

The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail Picture Quote #1

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it Picture Quote #1

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend Picture Quote #1

And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots Picture Quote #1

For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live Picture Quote #1

If you have no money, men won’t care for you, women won’t love you; won’t, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters Picture Quote #1

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High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic Picture Quote #1

We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us Picture Quote #1

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory... but to keep the very structure of society intact Picture Quote #1

The party is not concerned with perpetuating itself. Who wields power is not important, providing that the hierarchical structure always remains the same Picture Quote #1

Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing Picture Quote #1

I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure Picture Quote #1

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Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners Picture Quote #1

The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do Picture Quote #1

The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency Picture Quote #1

Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply because lies will fall into artistic shape when truth will not? Picture Quote #1

They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening Picture Quote #1

There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic Picture Quote #1

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By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself Picture Quote #1

I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you’re more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put if off as long as we can. But it makes very little difference. So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing Picture Quote #1

Looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. We may be heading not for general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity Picture Quote #1

Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law Picture Quote #1

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud Picture Quote #1

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force Picture Quote #1

A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks Picture Quote #1

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better Picture Quote #1

In this game that we’re playing, we can’t win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds, that’s all Picture Quote #1

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness Picture Quote #1

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The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail (George Orwell Quotes) The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it (George Orwell Quotes) Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend (George Orwell Quotes) And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots (George Orwell Quotes) For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live (George Orwell Quotes) If you have no money, men won’t care for you, women won’t love you; won’t, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters (George Orwell Quotes) High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic (George Orwell Quotes) We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us (George Orwell Quotes) The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory... but to keep the very structure of society intact (George Orwell Quotes) The party is not concerned with perpetuating itself. Who wields power is not important, providing that the hierarchical structure always remains the same (George Orwell Quotes) Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing (George Orwell Quotes) I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure (George Orwell Quotes) Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners (George Orwell Quotes) The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do (George Orwell Quotes) The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency (George Orwell Quotes) Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply because lies will fall into artistic shape when truth will not? (George Orwell Quotes) They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening (George Orwell Quotes) There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic (George Orwell Quotes) By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself (George Orwell Quotes) I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you’re more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put if off as long as we can. But it makes very little difference. So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing (George Orwell Quotes) Looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. We may be heading not for general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity (George Orwell Quotes) Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law (George Orwell Quotes) The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile (George Orwell Quotes) 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 (George Orwell Quotes) A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud (George Orwell Quotes) All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force (George Orwell Quotes) A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks (George Orwell Quotes) If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better (George Orwell Quotes) In this game that we’re playing, we can’t win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds, that’s all (George Orwell Quotes) Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness (George Orwell Quotes)

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