Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below. George Orwell adultchildeye Change image and share on social
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. George Orwell assumehappinesshappy Change image and share on social
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded. George Orwell aimdegradehuman Change image and share on social
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. George Orwell adultageexpose Change image and share on social
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. George Orwell classcountryforeign Change image and share on social
Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. George Orwell dutyintelligentman Change image and share on social
I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man. George Orwell fatinsideman Change image and share on social
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. George Orwell callclaimcountry share on social
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. George Orwell bootfaceforever Change image and share on social
As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. George Orwell adherentadvertisementbad Change image and share on social
