Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness

Quote by George Orwell

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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.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship...

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

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

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

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

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.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind...

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

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...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

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

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

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

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

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

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...

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 evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...