“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”  1984

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust. The Art Of War

Deception, flattering, lying, deluding, talking behind the back, putting up a false front, living in borrowed splendor, wearing a mask, hiding behind convention, playing a role for others and for oneself -- in short, a continuous fluttering around the solitary flame of vanity -- is so much the rule and the law among men that there is almost nothing which is less comprehensible than how an honest and pure drive for truth could have arisen among them. On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense

Few men are admired by their servants. Essays