George Orwell Quotes

George Orwell Quotes

George Orwell Quotes

Consider the following quotes by George Orwell:

"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."

"A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?"

"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 spurting out ink."

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

"Political language and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to "

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