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Quote by George Orwell
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. – George Orwell

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As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. – George Orwell

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Religion
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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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The excess of virtue is a vice. – Greek Proverb

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Virtue would not travel so far if vanity did not keep her company. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680)

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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. – Aristotle

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Sometimes we have to actually say, I think youre really funny, but none of your jokes are going to make it on the air. So just answer my questions. Seriously. – Rob Corddry

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Dear to us are those who love us… but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit, and urge us to new and unattempted performances. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. – Michael Tippett

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An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. – Henry Wotton, Reliquiæ Wottonianæ

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