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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

Other quotes by 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

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Jealousy
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George Orwell
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He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. – George Orwell

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God
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George Orwell
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Other Quotes from
Humankind
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Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Humankind

God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Humankind

I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape. – Desmond Morris, The Naked Ape

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Humankind

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt, The English Comic Writers, 1819

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Humankind

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For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky

Category:
Attitude

Even though I didnt get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics. – Herb Ritts

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Graduation

We are never prepared for what we expect. – James A. Michener, Caravans

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Hmmm

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. – Monica Edwards

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