Short quotes

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George Orwell

George Orwell

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Power is not a means, but an end in itself.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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It is impossible to found a civilization on fear, hatred, and cruelty. It would not endure.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Nothing would change as long as power remained in the hands of a privileged minority.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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If who controls the past, controls the future, who controls the present, controls the past?

George Orwell

George Orwell

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We have fallen so low that the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of an intelligent man.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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The important thing is not to stay alive but to stay human.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Perhaps one does not desire to be loved as much as to be understood.

Hurry; do not trust the coming hours. He who is not ready today will be even less so tomorrow.

In love, it's not enough to attack, you have to take the square.

To offer friendship to the one who seeks love is like giving bread to the one dying of thirst.

So idleness corrupts the human body, as still waters become corrupt.