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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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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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