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Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. ↗

— George Orwell

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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. ↗

— George Orwell

#invincible #moment #seem #whoever #will

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. ↗

— George Orwell

#aspire #beings #felt #genuinely #human

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt. ↗

— George Orwell

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In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. ↗

— George Orwell

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One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return. ↗

— George Orwell

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To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. ↗

— George Orwell

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When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. ↗

— George Orwell

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Myths which are believed in tend to become true. ↗

— George Orwell

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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. ↗

— George Orwell

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