George Orwell Quotes About Human Nature

Quotes about: Human Nature

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

  George Orwell

  Wisdom, Time, Funny Life

  1942 'The Art of Donald McGill'.

• A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

  George Orwell

  Hate, Men, Receiving

  George Orwell (2012). “Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.132, Lulu.com

• The belly comes before the soul.

  George Orwell

  Soul, Human Nature, Belly

  George Orwell (2000). “Essays”, p.325, Penguin UK

• When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

  George Orwell

  Leadership, Courage, Empowering Others

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable.

  George Orwell

  Men, Human Nature, Turns

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.360, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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