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Quote by George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human being

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell

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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in ones mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. – George Orwell

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power
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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. – George Orwell

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Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease… and throw himself into roils and labors. – Immanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, 1787

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Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose. – Turkish Proverb

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Evolution: one small step for man, one giant leap backward for mankind. – Terri Guillemets

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The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded. – Gustave Flaubert

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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. – Rene Descartes

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It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it. – J. R. Miller

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I want to travel. Maybe Ill end up living in Norway, making cakes. – Eva Green

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