George Orwell Quotes (page 5)
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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.
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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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If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?
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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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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
