It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

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About George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

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وكانت تؤمن بأن المرء إذا أحب شخصاً فيجب أن يخلص له الحب, حتى إذا لم يبقَ لديه شيء يمنحه إياه, بقي لديه ذلك الحب.

Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.