1,535 Quotes by George Orwell

-¡Ah, Smith! -dijo- ¡También tú!-¿De qué te acusan?-Para decirte la verdad... (...) Solo hay un delito, ¿verdad?

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.

Los mejores libros, entendió, son los que te cuentan lo que ya sabías.

In this place you could not feel anything, except pain and the foreknowledge of pain.

Hasta que no tomen conciencia no se rebelaran, y sin rebelarse no podran tomar conciencia.

If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred, and self-righteousness on which his morale depends might evaporate.

Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. Of pain you could only wish for one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm.

She knew when to cheer and when to boo, and that was all one needed

One of these days, thought Winston with sudden deep conviction, Syme will be vaporized. He is too intelligent. He sees too clearly and speaks too plainly. The Party does not like such people. One day he will disappear. It is written in his face.