More - George Orwell Quotes

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

George Orwell

 Defense

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.

George Orwell

 British Author Class

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

George Orwell

 Charity

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

George Orwell

 British Author

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

George Orwell

  British Author Funny Men Motivational

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

George Orwell

 British Author

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

George Orwell

 Autobiography Trust

To accept an unorthodoxy is always to inherit unresolved contradictions

George Orwell

 

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.

George Orwell

 British Author

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

George Orwell

 British Author