To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.
George OrwellNever, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase in pain. Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop.
George OrwellOceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.
George OrwellModern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug. The attraction of this way of writing is that it is easy.
George Orwell