Maxioms by George Orwell
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all read more
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, read more
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.
There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
