Quote of George Orwell - The great enemy of clear language...
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
Born: 1903 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: India
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
The function of a writer is to call a spade a spade. If words are sick, it is up to us to cure them.
Quotes about clarity:
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
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George Orwell also said...
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