Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Quote by George Orwell

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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

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,...

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

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

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.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a...

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a...

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than...

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than...

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...

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...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to...

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

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...