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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Animal Farm"
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The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), Polemic, May 1946, "Second Thoughts on James Burnham"
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In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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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.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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