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George OrwellPolitics and the English Language (1946)
About George Orwell
English writer and essayist, author of 1984 and Animal Farm. (1903-1950)
More from George Orwell
- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.The Freedom of the Press, proposed preface to Animal Farm (1945)
- To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.In Front of Your Nose, Tribune (March 22, 1946)
- Never use a long word where a short one will do.Politics and the English Language (1946)
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- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser, in fees, expenses, and waste of time.Abraham Lincoln
- It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.George Washington
- There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.Thomas Jefferson
- Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Be sincere, be brief, be seated.Franklin D. Roosevelt
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