George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.Wikipedia

Quotes by George Orwell

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

George Orwell

He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

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

George Orwell

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

George Orwell

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

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The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

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

George Orwell

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

George Orwell