Quote by George Orwell

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets.

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dulln

Summary

This quote suggests that there are people who lead mundane and unremarkable lives, but find security and comfort in their mediocrity through the protection and control of a powerful force represented by a quarter of a million bayonets. This implies that they value conformity and stability over individuality and progress. The quote criticizes the lack of ambition and willingness to step outside of their comfort zones, highlighting the potential dangers of a society that prioritizes security and conformity at the expense of personal growth and innovation.

Topics

War Britain Colonialism Imperialism India British Empire Pukka Sahibs

By George Orwell

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wa

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.

Art

Singular indeed that the people should be writhing under opp

Singular indeed that the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.

Abraham Lincoln

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growth

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.

Charles Fillmore

Confidence

We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disqu

We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.

Brother Lawrence

Marriage

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do th

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

King Abdullah II

Government

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The sp

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.Meaning doesn't lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we attach value to things that aren't love - the money, the car, the house, the prestige - we are loving things that can't love us back. We are searching for meaning in the meaningless. Money, of itself, means nothing. Material things, of themselves, mean nothing. It's not that they're bad. It's that they're nothing.

Marianne Williamson, A Return To

Knowledge

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

Music

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one ha

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one has to play a part.

Ease Play

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on hum

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.

Alone

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to li

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Adlai Stevenson

Principles

I will have a song that I'm in love with for a couple of mon

I will have a song that I'm in love with for a couple of months and then I'll go to something else. That's just constantly changing. And sometimes I will go back to old one that I haven't heard for a long time.

Time Love Thetimes