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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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In our age there is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. – George Orwell

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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell

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

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If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Virtue

We bow with resignation beneath the tempestuous storms of life; but a daily vexation, like a moth eating a garment, consumes our virtue. – Anonymous, Aphorisms; or, A Glance at Human Nature, in Original Maxims, 1820

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Sin is commitable in thought, word or deed; so is virtue. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family. – George Porter

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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. – Thich Nhat Hanh

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Ive tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car. – Nigel Mansell

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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. – Edmund Burke

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