One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Quote by George Orwell

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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,...

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

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

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

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,...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can...

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can...

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

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.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both...

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 evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

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...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...