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Quote by George Orwell
Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. – George Orwell

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No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. – George Orwell

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Truth
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George Orwell
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It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell

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Mens vows are womens traitors! – William Shakespeare

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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope

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How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars – when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. – Thomas Aquinas

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With reasonable men, I will reason with humane men I will plead but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. – William Lloyd Garrison

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Something opens our wings, something makes boredom and hurt disappear. – Rumi

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Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is. – Tennessee Williams

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No man is an island. No man stands alone. – Dennis Brown

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. – Robert Frost

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