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

Quote by George Orwell

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Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

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.

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some...

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives...

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives...

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the...

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the...

(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

Throughout recorded time... there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High,...

Throughout recorded time... there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High,...

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the...

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting...

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

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

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Every girls dream is to find the perfect guy, eat without getting fat, and to...

Every girls dream is to find the perfect guy, eat without getting fat, and to...