Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of…

Quote by George Orwell

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To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty...

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke...

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...

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

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...

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

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...

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who...

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...

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

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

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

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,...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

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,...

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

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

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising...

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising...

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is...

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is...