The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.

Almost as swiftly as he had imagined it, she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside it was with that same magnificent gesture by which a whole civilization seemed to be annihilated.

Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges.

A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble.