#w

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase. ↗

— George Orwell

#control #describing #england #family #members

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

— George Orwell

#always #beings #demand #get #human

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. ↗

— George Orwell

#emotional #important #less #possession #sincerity

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. ↗

— George Orwell

#early #event #ever #had #i

Four legs good, two legs bad. ↗

— George Orwell

#four #good #legs #two

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. ↗

— George Orwell

#evil #evolve #good #good and evil #heaven

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

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. ↗

— George Orwell

#been #eurasia #had #therefore #war

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. ↗

— George Orwell

#always #class #hatred #internationalism #stronger