1,535 Quotes by George Orwell

You can be rich or deliberately refuse to be rich. You can possess money, or you can despise money; the one fatal thing is to worship money and fail to get it

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him.

Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.

If you hate violence and don't believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education.

Ce știm noi despre orișice, pe altă cale decât cu ajutorul minții noastre? Totul se petrece, de fapt, în mintea noastră. Ceea ce se petrece în toate mințile în același timp - acela este adevărul.

You can only create if you can care

The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.

Chuck away your decency and make more money' - that's what women say. 'Chuck your decency, suck the blacking off the boss's boots and buy me a better fur coat than the woman next door'.