---
title: "4 Disgusting Quotes By George Orwell"
description: "4 Disgusting quotes by George Orwell. Plus more from George Orwell and more Disgusting sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/george-orwell-57_disgusting_envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-al_559250.jpg"
---

> [Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-all-other-kinds-of-suffering-in/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/george-orwell-57_disgusting_envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-al_559250.jpg)

> [One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/one-of-the-effects-of-a-safe-and-civilized-life-is-an-immense-over/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/george-orwell-57_civilized_one-of-the-effects-of-a-safe-and-civiliz_1320949.jpg)

> [As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/as-a-rule-they-will-refuse-even-to-sample-a-foreign-dish-they-regard/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/george-orwell-57_cooking_as-a-rule-they-will-refuse-even-to-sampl_1935061.jpg)

> [The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-result-of-this-is-that-so-called-peace-propaganda-is-just-as/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/george-orwell-57_avoiding_the-result-of-this-is-that-so-called-pea_3173224.jpg)

## Other authors on Disgusting

## More by George Orwell

> [In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-the-nineteenth-century-some-parts-of-the-world-were-unexplored-but/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/it-was-given-out-that-the-animals-there-practised-cannibalism/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“The actual writing would be easy. All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-actual-writing-would-be-easy-all-he-had-to-do-was-to-transfer-to/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/he-felt-as-though-he-were-wandering-in-the-forests-of-the-sea-bottom/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“if you took 1 Corinthians, chapter thirteen, and in every verse wrote 'money' instead of 'charity', the chapter had ten times as much meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/if-you-took-1-corinthians-chapter-thirteen-and-in-every-verse-wrote/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [Happiness can exist only in acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/happiness-can-exist-only-in-acceptance/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/and-if-all-others-accepted-the-lie-which-the-party-imposed-if-all/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“Whitman himself "accepted" a great deal that his contemporaries found unmentionable. For he is not only writing of the prairie, he also wanders through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/whitman-himself-accepted-a-great-deal-that-his-contemporaries-found/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“But I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Whatever the Party holds to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/but-i-tell-you-winston-that-reality-is-not-external-reality-exists-in/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“And the people under the sky were also very much the same...everywhere, all over the world, hundreds or thousands of millions of people just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/and-the-people-under-the-sky-were-also-very-much-the-same-everywhere/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/don-t-you-see-that-the-whole-aim-of-newspeak-is-to-narrow-the-range/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/windmill-or-no-windmill-he-said-life-would-go-on-as-it-had-always/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/man-is-the-only-creature-that-consumes-without-producing-he-does-not/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/and-the-bigger-the-fall-the-bigger-the-joke-it-would-be-better-fun-to/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

> [“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/any-writer-or-journalist-who-wants-to-retain-his-integrity-finds/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/#itemlist",
            "name": "4 Disgusting Quotes By George Orwell",
            "numberOfItems": 4,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George Orwell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-all-other-kinds-of-suffering-in/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/george-orwell-57_disgusting_envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-al_559250.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/george-orwell-57_disgusting_envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-al_559250.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/george-orwell-57_disgusting_envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-al_559250.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no…” — George Orwell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George Orwell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/one-of-the-effects-of-a-safe-and-civilized-life-is-an-immense-over/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/george-orwell-57_civilized_one-of-the-effects-of-a-safe-and-civiliz_1320949.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/george-orwell-57_civilized_one-of-the-effects-of-a-safe-and-civiliz_1320949.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/george-orwell-57_civilized_one-of-the-effects-of-a-safe-and-civiliz_1320949.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary…” — George Orwell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George Orwell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/as-a-rule-they-will-refuse-even-to-sample-a-foreign-dish-they-regard/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/george-orwell-57_cooking_as-a-rule-they-will-refuse-even-to-sampl_1935061.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/george-orwell-57_cooking_as-a-rule-they-will-refuse-even-to-sampl_1935061.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/george-orwell-57_cooking_as-a-rule-they-will-refuse-even-to-sampl_1935061.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil…” — George Orwell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates on putting forward a ‘case’, obscuring the opponent’s point of view and avoiding awkward questions.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George Orwell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-result-of-this-is-that-so-called-peace-propaganda-is-just-as/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/george-orwell-57_avoiding_the-result-of-this-is-that-so-called-pea_3173224.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/george-orwell-57_avoiding_the-result-of-this-is-that-so-called-pea_3173224.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/george-orwell-57_avoiding_the-result-of-this-is-that-so-called-pea_3173224.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as…” — George Orwell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/",
            "name": "Disgusting Quotes by George Orwell",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/george-orwell-57_disgusting_envy-is-a-horrible-thing-it-is-unlike-al_559250.jpg"
            },
            "description": "4 Disgusting quotes by George Orwell. Plus more from George Orwell and more Disgusting sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Disgusting",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "George Orwell",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disgusting/george-orwell/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```