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

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The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time. – George Orwell

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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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The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves. – Thomas Edward Brown

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Virtue is insufficient temptation. – George Bernard Shaw

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

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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge. – Francis H. Bradley

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Im not a great poetry fan. – Rupert Everett

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What a racially segregated system once taught the young black about living with his inferiority is now taught by a benevolent social welfare system. The difference was that in an earlier age a black parent could fight the competing influences. – Charles Alan Murray

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Love does not dominate it cultivates. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61 Rod Stewart was 66 Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean theyll have less stamina than the average dad, that means theyll, well, check out a lot sooner too. – Jeffrey Kluger

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