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Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings QUOTES

Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings QUOTES

1 " He [Jonathan Swift] was a great man, and yet he was partially blind. He could only see one thing at a time. His vision of human society is so penetrating, and yet in the last analysis it's false. He couldn't see what the simplest person sees, that life is worth living and human beings, even if they're dirty and ridiculous, are mostly decent. But after all, if he could have seen that I suppose he couldn't have written Gulliver's Travels. "

― George Orwell , Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings

2 " But unfortunately, a novelist is not required to have good intentions but to convey beauty. "

― George Orwell , Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings