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Biography - George Orwell:

George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is an English novelist, essayist and journalist. He was born in Motihari, British India.
Born: 1903 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: India
India

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Les conséquences d'un acte sont incluses dans l'acte lui-même.

German
Die Folgen jeder Handlung sind schon in der Handlung selbst beschlossen.




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The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

Every effect is an event different from its cause.




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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.











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George Orwell also said...


To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.





Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.





Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.





If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.





If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.





All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.












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