# Burmese Days

- Author: [George Orwell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell.md)
- Quotes: 8
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days
- JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days.json

## Quotes

> Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/beauty-is-meaningless.md)

Topics: [beauty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/beauty.md)

> It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/it-is-one.md)

Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md)

> Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/envy-is-a-horrible.md)

Topics: [jealousy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/jealousy.md)

> An earthquake is such fun when it is over.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/an-earthquake-is-such.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)

> I always think they're rather charming-looking, the Burmese. They have such splendid bodies! Just think what sights you'd see in England if people went about half naked as they do here!

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/i-always-think.md)

Topics: [the body](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-body.md)

> Living a lie the whole time — the lie that we're here to uplift our poor black brothers instead of to rob them ... it corrupts us, it corrupts us in ways you can't imagine.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/living-a-lie.md)

Topics: [power](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/power.md), [lies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/lies.md), [hypocrisy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hypocrisy.md)

> Is there anything in the world more graceless, more dishonouring, than to desire a woman whom you will never have?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/is-there-anything.md)

Topics: [desire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/desire.md), [passion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/passion.md)

> Ellis was one of those people who constantly nag others to echo their own opinions.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/ellis-was-one.md)

Topics: [character](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/character.md)