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 lif… - George Orwell

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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.

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About George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

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Pen Names: John Freeman
Birth Name: Eric Arthur Blair
Alternative Names: Orwell Eric Blair P. S. Burton

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أن تعرف وأن لا تعرف ، أن تعي الحقيقة كاملة، ومع ذلك لا تفتأ تقص الأكاذيب المحكمة البناء، أن تؤمن برأيين في آن وأنت تعرف أنهما لا يجتمعان ومع ذلك تصدق بهما.

أن تجهض المنطق بالمنطق، أن ترفض الالتزام بالأخلاق فيما أنت واحد من الداعين إليها، أن تعتقد أن الديمقراطية ضرب من المستحيل ، وأن الحزب وصي عليها، أن تنسى كل ما يتعين عليك نسيانه ثم تستحضره في الذاكرة حينما تمس الحاجة إليه ثم تنساه مرة ثانية فوراً ذلك هو الدهاء الكامل، أن تفقد الوعي عن عمد ووعي ثم تصبح ثانية غير واع بعملية التنويم الذاتي التي مارستها على نفسك.

And yet, just for a moment, what almost frightening power had sounded in that cry from only a few hundred throats! Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?

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