1,535 Quotes by George Orwell

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    Mrs Weaver nosed among the books, too dim-witted to grasp that they were in alphabetical order.

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    The main motive for "nonattachment" is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.

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    En abril, la Granja Animal fue proclamada república, y necesitaban elegir a un presidente. Había un solo candidato, Napoleón, a quien eligieron por unanimidad.

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    Son yedi yıllık tarih, komünizmin Batı Avrupa'da hiçbir şansının olmadığını mükemmel bir biçimde ortaya koydu. Faşizmin çekiciliği daha büyük.

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    Intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian country; but even in England it is not exactly profitable to speak and write the truth.In England such concepts as justice, liberty and objective truth are still believed in. They may be illusions, but they are very powerful illusions.

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    Invidia e un lucru oribil. Se deosebeste de toate celelalte suferinte pentru ca nu poate fi deghizata, nu poate fi inaltata pana la tragedie. E mai mult decat simpla durere, e dezgustatoare.

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    You're dishonoured, somehow. You've sinned. Sinned against the aspidistra.""You talk a great deal about aspidistras," said Ravelston."They're a dashed important subject," said Gordon.

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    Birden her insanoğlunun yazgısını yinelemekten başka bir şey yapmadığını düşündü. Herkes, para yasasına karşı isyan eder ve herkes er ya da geç teslim olur.

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    All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

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