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George Orwell Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
— George Orwell, All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
Tagged: human beings, Human Behavior, human actions, humanity, Goodness
“The violation of the inner person is the greatest territorial crime of all.”
— George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Tagged: Violation, Crime, territorial
“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
— George Orwell, A Collection of Essays
Tagged: Generations, Intelligence, Wisdom
“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.”
— George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Tagged: feign, disguising, Forced, controlled by society, societal standards, wearing a mask, Hypocrisy, Life, Society
“I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me.”
— George Orwell, 1984
Tagged: Same Mind, Wavelengths, Confession of Love, Infatuation, Effective Communication
“I am not able, and do not want, completely to abandon the world view that I acquired in childhood. So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about…love…and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information. It is no use trying to suppress that side of myself.”
— George Orwell, Why I Write
Tagged: Beliefs, Personal views, Opinions, Love, Self-awareness
“If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.”
— George Orwell, 1984
Tagged: Love, Passion, romance, sweet
“Sleep had ceased to be a mere physical necessity; it was something voluptuous, and debauch more than a relief.”
— George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
Tagged: Tired, Sleep, Relief
“Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
— George Orwell, 1984 (Signet Classics)
Tagged: Dating, Heartbreak
“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”
— George Orwell, Why I Write
Tagged: Writer's Block, Creativity, Art, Writing, Books, Exposure, Attention
“No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”
— George Orwell, 1984 (Signet Classics)
Tagged: Power, Politics, Dictatorship
“Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.”
— George Orwell, Animal Farm, 50th Anniversary Edition
Tagged: Life, Misery, Work, Time, short
“Drink because you fail, fail because you drink.”
— George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose
Tagged: strategy
“He is simply a hole in the air.”
— George Orwell, The Lion
Tagged: insults, Empty, useless
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
— George Orwell, 1984 (Signet Classics)
Tagged: Secrets, Hidden, Lies
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
Tagged: Animals, Equality, humans
“An effect can be a cause.”
— George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose
Tagged: strategy
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