On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

George Orwell
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  3. Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people. - Roy T. Bennett

  4. Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best? - Jacqueline Carey

  5. And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful. - Ruskin Bond

More Quotes By George Orwell
  1. Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.

  2. At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.

  3. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

  4. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

  5. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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