Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

Quote by George Orwell

Topics: George Orwell Quotes

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human...

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human...

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.

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 very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass...

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues,...

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues,...

(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...

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening...

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening...

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

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

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.