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Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

~George Orwell

Topics: Become Believed Myths Tend True Which

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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

~George Orwell

Topics: Also Corrupt Corrupts Language Thought

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Good writing is like a windowpane.

~George Orwell

Topics: Good Good Writing Like Writing

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As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

~George Orwell

Topics: Advertisement Christian Christian Religion Religion Socialism Worst

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I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

~George Orwell

Topics: Every Fat Fat Man Inside Man Thin

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Big Brother is watching you.

~George Orwell

Topics: Big Big Brother Brother Watching You

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Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

~George Orwell

Topics: Duty First Intelligent Men Obvious Sometimes

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

~George Orwell

Topics: Correctly Early Event Ever Had Life Newspaper Noticed Reported

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

~George Orwell

Topics: Assume Be Happy Happiness Happy Life Men Object Only

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Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

~George Orwell

Topics: Disappointing Happens Illusion Invariably Progress Slow

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: June 25th, 1903

Died: January 21st, 1950

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