We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. – George Orwell
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. – George Orwell
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. – George Orwell
It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface ones own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. – George Orwell