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

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

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

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. - George Orwell Quote

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. - George Orwell Quote

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. - George Orwell Quote

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

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    When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.

    When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.

    I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.

    I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.

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