If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.
George OrwellStichwörter: shakespeare classics drama interpretation authorial-intent
Dirt is a great respecter of persons; it lets you alone when you are well dressed, but as soon as your collar is gone it flies towards you from all directions.
George OrwellA lunatic is just a minority of one.
George OrwellTo the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone— to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink — greetings!
George OrwellStichwörter: truth freedom-of-thought doublethink
The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.
George OrwellWindmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.
George OrwellStichwörter: wisdom life philosophy satire
Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph. In other words it is necessary that he should have the mentality appropriate to a state of war. It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist.
George OrwellStichwörter: intelligence war ignorance george-bush brainwashing manipulate
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. It is therefore realized on all sides that however ofter Persia, or Egypt, or Java, or Ceylon may change hands, the main frontiers must never be crossed by anything except bombs.
George OrwellStichwörter: war hatred ignorance racism bigotry
الكتاب الجيد هو الذي يقول لك ما كنت تعرفه من قبل
George OrwellEvery Joke is a Tiny Revolution
George OrwellStichwörter: humor
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