George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 June 1903
CityMotihari, India
brother party doe
Does Big Brother exist?" "Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party." "Does he exist in the same way as I exist?" "You do not exist.
doors weather differences
If one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people. Beggars do not work, it is said; but then, what is work? A navvy works by swinging a pick. An accountant works by adding up figures. A beggar works by standing out of doors in all weathers and getting varicose veins, chronic bronchitis, etc. It is a trade like any other; quite useless, of course - but then, many reputable trades are quite useless.
men animal enemy
All men are enemies. All animals are comrades
mean two mind
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
writing people frightened
Good novel are written by people who are not frightened.
names secret shapes
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that can be given a name.
wings fire people
So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
pain hero faces
In the face of pain there are no heroes.
dog knowing anxiety
It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them, and you can stand it. It takes off a lot of anxiety.
jobs punishment people
Most people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job.
faith two orthodoxy
Orthodoxy is the ability to say two and two make five when faith requires it.
love-you men care
If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters.
effectiveness challenges atheism
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.
art attitude should-have
The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.