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

Quote by George Orwell

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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,...

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...

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who...

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who...

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

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

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...

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

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...

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...

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...

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

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.

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

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...

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

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

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.