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Which Quotes by George Orwell
- We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
- A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy…
- Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
- War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.
- Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
- Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards…
- If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot…
- There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less…
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- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
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- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
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- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle