Quotes by Orwell, George

To see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle. >>

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. >>

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in on >>

Quotations about Language

A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with >>

Poetry is the language of feeling. >>

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the se >>

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

Orwell, George