George Orwell ✓

(1903–1950) writer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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[Wikidata] British writer and journalist (1903–1950)... | [Wikipedia] Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.

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• There are some things only intellectuals are crazy enough to believe. Belief
• After 40, a man is responsible for his face. Face
• [What Hayek] does not see, or will not admit, [is] that a return to "free" competition means for the great mass of people a tyranny… Admit
• I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you're more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put if off as… Afraid
• Looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. We may… Anarchy
• Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield. Battlefield
• Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. Animal
• A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature Always Hates
• A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of… Age
• It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children Children
• The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave. They owned all the land, all the houses, all the factories, and… Address
• The people will believe what the media tells them they believe. Believe
• Bombing is not especially inhumane. War itself is inhumane and the bombing plane, which is used to paralyse industry and transport, is a relatively civilised… Bombing
• All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind… All
• The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction. Battle
• England will still be England, an everlasting animal, stretching into the future and the past and like all living things having the power to change… All
• The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile. Athleticism
• Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not… Answer
• The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham . Funny
• A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut.… Almost Invariably
• The more intelligent, the less sane Inspirational
• When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don't have to ask whose side I'm on. Ask
• The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. War is a way of shattering… Act
• Never use a long word where a short one will do. Inspirational
• The pleasures of spring are available to everybody and cost nothing. Available

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