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(1903-1950) '' Verified "And yet somehow the ruling class decayed, lost its ability, its daring, finally even its ruthlessness, until a time came when stuffed shirts /... / could stand out as men of exceptional talent. As for Baldwin, one could not even dignify him with the name of stuffed shirt. He was simply a hole in the air." Source: The Lion And The Unicorn: Socialism And The English Genius (1941) "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." Source: Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali (1944) "Political language-and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists--is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable. and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." Source: Politics and the English Language (1946) "So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the Earth, and to take pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information." Source: Why I Write (1946) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent." Source: Reflections on Gandhi (1949) Attributed "Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men, is the restatement of the obvious." "Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy remain, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively, the pacifist is pro-Nazi." Quotes from his Novels Animal Farm Burmese Days A Clergyman's Daughter Coming Up For Air Down and Out in Paris and London Homage to Catalonia Keep the Aspidistra Flying The Road to Wigan Pier Nineteen Eighty-Four
Verified "And yet somehow the ruling class decayed, lost its ability, its daring, finally even its ruthlessness, until a time came when stuffed shirts /... / could stand out as men of exceptional talent. As for Baldwin, one could not even dignify him with the name of stuffed shirt. He was simply a hole in the air." Source: The Lion And The Unicorn: Socialism And The English Genius (1941) "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." Source: Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali (1944) "Political language-and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists--is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable. and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." Source: Politics and the English Language (1946) "So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the Earth, and to take pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information." Source: Why I Write (1946) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent." Source: Reflections on Gandhi (1949) Attributed "Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men, is the restatement of the obvious." "Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy remain, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively, the pacifist is pro-Nazi." Quotes from his Novels Animal Farm Burmese Days A Clergyman's Daughter Coming Up For Air Down and Out in Paris and London Homage to Catalonia Keep the Aspidistra Flying The Road to Wigan Pier Nineteen Eighty-Four