Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

Quote by George Orwell

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For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Big Brother is watching you.

Big Brother is watching you.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some...

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in...

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass...

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass...

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.