George Orwell

Quotes by George Orwell

587 quotes found

Author and journalist · English · 1903–1950

English author and journalist (1903–1950)

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“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”
— George Orwell
animals

“When it comes to the pinch human beings are heroic.”
— George Orwell
courage

“Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives but on balance life is suffering and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.”
— George Orwell
life

“Before the war and especially before the Boer War it was summer all the year round.”
— George Orwell
peace

“Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past.”
— George Orwell
present

“No doubt alcohol tobacco and so forth are things that a saint must avoid but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.”
— George Orwell
virtue

“We are the dead . Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone.”
— George Orwell
activism dystopian politics