Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling l…

George Orwell
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Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply because lies will fall into artistic shape when truth will not? ✨ George Orwell (1998). A patriot after all, 1940-1941, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
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Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply because lies will fall into artistic shape when truth will not? ✨ George Orwell (1998). A patriot after all, 1940-1941, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

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