Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. – George Orwell
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. – George Orwell

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. – George Orwell
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. – George Orwell
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity. – George Orwell
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. – George Orwell
Your mock saint who stands in a niche is not a woman if she have not suffered, still less a woman if she have not sinned. Fall at the feet of your idol as you wish, but drag her down to your level after that — the only level she should ever reach, that of your heart. – Baroness Emmuska Orczy