It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

Quote by George Orwell

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

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

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely...

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...

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...

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

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

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Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class...

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

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

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some...

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is...

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is...

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 intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his...

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

Everyone cries out, More! More! , with the idea of receiving. How great should we...

Everyone cries out, More! More! , with the idea of receiving. How great should we...

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in...

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in...