Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man.
I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully written.
Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey.
The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.