Quotes by Orwell, George

But the thing that I saw in your face no power can disinherit: No bomb >>

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. >>

To say I accept in an age like our own is to say that you accept conce >>

Quotations about Autobiography

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who hav >>

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Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as Call Me God) to >>

Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

Orwell, George