“A scrupulous
writer in every sentence that he writes will
ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say?
What words will express it? What image or idiom will make it
clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? And he will
probably ask himself two more: Could I put it more shortly? Have I
said anything that is avoidably ugly?”
—George Orwell.
“The English Language … becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
—-Geroge Orwell.
‘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, novelist (25 Jun 1903-1950).
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
— George Orwell.
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”
—George Orwell.
“Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.”
—George Orwell.
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
—George Orwell.
