72 George Orwell Quotes for You to Enjoy

George Orwell

British Author

Born: Jun 25, 1903

Died: Jan 21, 1950

Beings Does Good Human People War

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Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. George Orwell

Class Patriotism Hatred Stronger Always Than Internationalism

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. George Orwell

Religion Socialism Christian Worst Advertisement Christian Religion

Myths which are believed in tend to become true. George Orwell

Become Tend Myths True Which Believed

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. George Orwell

Man Animals Too Enough Weak Run Plough Give Only Lay Consumes He Catch Without Does Lord Eggs Cannot Rabbits Producing Creature Milk Fast Pull

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. George Orwell

Time Writing Political Defense Our Indefensible Our Time Political Speech Largely Speech

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. George Orwell

Freedom Else Say Plus Follows Make Granted Four Two

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. George Orwell

Time Good Too Quite Human Want Human Beings Whole Beings

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. George Orwell

Equality Wealth Revolution Manners Brought Advance Reform Human Ever Nearer

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun. George Orwell

Food Long Run Find Weapon Long Run Than May

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. George Orwell

War Self-Defense Before Every Maniac Against Act

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. George Orwell

Life Balance Suffering People Young Otherwise Out Only Foolish Fair Fair Amount Most Very Get Fun Lives Amount Imagine

At fifty everyone has the face he deserves. George Orwell

Face Everyone He Fifty Deserves

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man. George Orwell

Man Every Inside Thin Fat Fat Man

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself. George Orwell

You Fight Yourself Dirty Survive Often To Survive Necessary

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

Will Seem Winning Invincible Always Moment Whoever

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase. George Orwell

Family Control Members Phrase Wrong Come Perhaps England Describing Near

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

Good Men Only Development Them Technical

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. George Orwell

People Achieve Some Temptation Never Felt Genuinely Sainthood Saints Probable Human Want Human Beings Much Aspire Who Many Beings

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up. George Orwell

Catholic Up Cannot Really Grown Grown-Up

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. George Orwell

Progress Illusion Slow Invariably Disappointing Happens

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded. George Orwell

Human Being Joke Aim Degrade Degraded He Remind Him Human Being

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

Assuming Alike Both Catholic Opponent Intelligent Cannot Communist Honest

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