# Quote — George Orwell, Burmese Days

> 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.

- Author: [George Orwell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell.md)
- Book: [Burmese Days](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/living-a-lie

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> Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.

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> 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)

> 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.

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